Victorian Politics

[farmerge]

Spare a thought for Victorians.

Victorian families go backwards at fastest pace in the nation

Households in the state have suffered their biggest financial hit in more than 30 years amid cost-of-living pressures, mortgage pain and soaring population growth.

www.theage.com.au

Victorian families have suffered their biggest financial hit in more than 30 years, with cost of living pressures, mortgage pain and soaring population growth dragging the state’s households backwards at the fastest pace in the nation.
Figures released by the Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday show how much the financial position of the average Victorian household has deteriorated under the burden of soaring interest rates and rising prices.

But do the powers that be really give a rats at how much the peasants suffer.

 

[sptrawler]

This will be an interesting one to follow IMO.

Melbourne Water probing manager after millions in work went to company linked to wife

Niru Gosavi left Melbourne Water under a cloud last month, with investigators looking into whether he declared a serious conflict of interest over construction contracts.

www.theage.com.au

Melbourne Water is investigating one of its top managers in charge of construction contracts after millions of dollars in work for the water authority was contracted to a company where his wife was chief operating officer.

Niru Gosavi left Melbourne Water this month after eight years as general manager of major capital delivery.
His wife, Avanti Gosavi, was for more than four years responsible for letting contracts at Aqua Metro, which lists $33 million worth of projects for Melbourne Water on its website.
The Melbourne Water investigation centres on whether Niru Gosavi properly declared a serious conflict of interest.

Melbourne Water manages $9 billion worth of waterways across the city, and is one of Victoria’s biggest employers of construction companies, with tens of millions of dollars in works in progress at any time.

 

[farmerge]

This will be an interesting one to follow IMO.

Melbourne Water probing manager after millions in work went to company linked to wife

Niru Gosavi left Melbourne Water under a cloud last month, with investigators looking into whether he declared a serious conflict of interest over construction contracts.

www.theage.com.au

Melbourne Water is investigating one of its top managers in charge of construction contracts after millions of dollars in work for the water authority was contracted to a company where his wife was chief operating officer.

Niru Gosavi left Melbourne Water this month after eight years as general manager of major capital delivery.
His wife, Avanti Gosavi, was for more than four years responsible for letting contracts at Aqua Metro, which lists $33 million worth of projects for Melbourne Water on its website.
The Melbourne Water investigation centres on whether Niru Gosavi properly declared a serious conflict of interest.

Melbourne Water manages $9 billion worth of waterways across the city, and is one of Victoria’s biggest employers of construction companies, with tens of millions of dollars in works in progress at any time.

The snout was well and truly implanted into the trough.
No pig swill this this trough, though.

 

[Knobby22]

This will be an interesting one to follow IMO.

Melbourne Water probing manager after millions in work went to company linked to wife

Niru Gosavi left Melbourne Water under a cloud last month, with investigators looking into whether he declared a serious conflict of interest over construction contracts.

www.theage.com.au

Melbourne Water is investigating one of its top managers in charge of construction contracts after millions of dollars in work for the water authority was contracted to a company where his wife was chief operating officer.

Niru Gosavi left Melbourne Water this month after eight years as general manager of major capital delivery.
His wife, Avanti Gosavi, was for more than four years responsible for letting contracts at Aqua Metro, which lists $33 million worth of projects for Melbourne Water on its website.
The Melbourne Water investigation centres on whether Niru Gosavi properly declared a serious conflict of interest.

Melbourne Water manages $9 billion worth of waterways across the city, and is one of Victoria’s biggest employers of construction companies, with tens of millions of dollars in works in progress at any time.

Disgusted. 10 years jail and stripped of all assets please.

 

[farmerge]

Disgusted. 10 years jail and stripped of all assets please.

Probably has many "friends" in high places.

 

[mullokintyre]

just when you think that the Victorian branch of the liberal party could not get more shambolic, we find that they somehow managed to miss the deadline to put in their submissions to the AEC for redistribution of seat boundaries for the next federal election.
From Evil Murdoch Press

The Victorian Liberal Party is reeling after it failed to lodge its submission in time to the looming federal redistribution.In an extraordinary bungle, party chiefs missed the deadline to the Australian Electoral Commission, undermining its pitch to protect vulnerable seats.It missed the deadline by three minutes on Friday evening and its work has been excluded from the AEC website.Sixty-three other parties, including the ALP, teal MP Monique Ryan and the Nationals, have had their submissions published.The Greens appear to have submitted their draft submission.
Liberal strategists have been scrambling to ensure their position on the new boundaries is heard and treated seriously by the AEC.

“It’s just incredible,” a senior Liberal said. “They had one job and completely stuffed it up.”
Another Liberal source said the party had been assured by the AEC that the missed deadline would not preclude its submission from being considered.
The major impact, the source said, would be in missing one of the steps in the process and the embarrassment of failing to meet the deadline.

However, the error is reverberating around Canberra after years of unhappiness with the way the Liberal Party has functioned in Victoria.
“It’s a terrible look. We look like fools. Again,’’ another Liberal said.
The Liberal Party has lost its inner city heartland in Victoria and this year was defeated in the outer eastern seat of Aston.
Victoria will lose one seat at the next election because of population changes, dropping from 39 to 38 and argument about changes has included key Labor territory north of the city and traditional Liberal territory in the east..
Political parties are allowed to submit to the AEC where boundaries should change and the job of collating this document is among the most important job of any parliamentary term.
The Liberal Party has not commented publicly on the submission debacle.
It has sent the redistribution document to its members.

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You only had 1 job .....

Mick

 

[moXJO]

just when you think that the Victorian branch of the liberal party could not get more shambolic, we find that they somehow managed to miss the deadline to put in their submissions to the AEC for redistribution of seat boundaries for the next federal election.
From Evil Murdoch Press


You only had 1 job .....

Mick

Who would vote for that kind of incompetence. Really shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[farmerge]

Who would vote for that kind of incompetence. Really shooting yourself in the foot.

@moXJO Only die hard Liberals I suspect.

 

[Sean K]

Vic Labor are trying to tax their way out of debt and it's failing badly. They've decided to increase berthing fees for cruise ships so the cruise ships have given them the finger and decided not to park in Melbourne. Nice way to get tourism back post-Covid. Morons.

 

[wayneL]

@moXJO Only die hard Liberals I suspect.

Die hard liberals should not vote for the parliamentary party because it does not represent their views whatsoever.

Unfortunately this gives a free pass to the party which is even worse.

Labor deserves to be pollaxed at the election, but the current iteration of the Victorian Liberal Party in no way deserves government.

Equally unfortunately is that the electorate will be stupid enough to vote for one or the other.

 

[sptrawler]

Vic Labor are trying to tax their way out of debt and it's failing badly. They've decided to increase berthing fees for cruise ships so the cruise ships have given them the finger and decided not to park in Melbourne. Nice way to get tourism back post-Covid. Morons.

I wonder if this idea, has been brought on by the tax potential?

Victorian government open to discussing decriminalising cannabis use

Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt said the state government is open to a process that would take the advice of experts and engage with the community.

www.theage.com.au

The Victorian government has announced it is open to a discussion about decriminalising personal use of cannabis, signalling the potential for significant drug reform despite voting down a bill from crossbench MPs to do so.
Labor on Wednesday agreed to further discussions with Legalise Cannabis MPs in response to the minor party’s bill to allow adults to possess small quantities of the drug for personal use and grow up to six plants.

 

[farmerge]

Die hard liberals should not vote for the parliamentary party because it does not represent their views whatsoever.

Unfortunately this gives a free pass to the party which is even worse.

Labor deserves to be pollaxed at the election, but the current iteration of the Victorian Liberal Party in no way deserves government.

Equally unfortunately is that the electorate will be stupid enough to vote for one or the other.

Wayne the choices are not too flash, dumb or stupid which is the smartest???

 

[farmerge]

Vic Labor are trying to tax their way out of debt and it's failing badly. They've decided to increase berthing fees for cruise ships so the cruise ships have given them the finger and decided not to park in Melbourne. Nice way to get tourism back post-Covid. Morons.

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Wow there are some top brains working overtime.

 

[sptrawler]

@Knobby22 might be able to add some actual local knowledge to this conversation.
I've always been intrigued by Dan Andrews cancelling the East-West link in Melbourne, been there a few time on my trips in the car and on the motor bikes.
From my limited knowledge of Melbourne, the Westgate bridge area always seemed busy even in the 1980's, so I was surprised when it was cancelled.
Now they have added a tunnel, but the traffic seems to still be funnelled into one spot, won't the tunnel just add to a lot of the problems?

The old East-West link idea, that put a parallel road to the Westgate freeway :

The new tunnel idea, which seems to still rely heavily on the M1, interesting:

 

[mullokintyre]

@Knobby22 might be able to add some actual local knowledge to this conversation.
I've always been intrigued by Dan Andrews cancelling the East-West link in Melbourne, been there a few time on my trips in the car and on the motor bikes.
From my limited knowledge of Melbourne, the Westgate bridge area always seemed busy even in the 1980's, so I was surprised when it was cancelled.
Now they have added a tunnel, but the traffic seems to still be funnelled into one spot, won't the tunnel just add to a lot of the problems?

The old East-West link idea, that put a parallel road to the Westgate freeway :

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The new tunnel idea, which seems to still rely heavily on the M1, interesting:

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The smartest thing you can do is just avoid Melbourne full stop.
Mick

 

[wayneL]

The smartest thing you can do is just avoid Melbourne full stop.
Mick

We lived in Melbourne for eight years during the 90s-00s. At the time we loved it but could see the beginnings of it sliding into the abyss. By the time we left it was not a happy place.

 

[Knobby22]

@Knobby22 might be able to add some actual local knowledge to this conversation.
I've always been intrigued by Dan Andrews cancelling the East-West link in Melbourne, been there a few time on my trips in the car and on the motor bikes.
From my limited knowledge of Melbourne, the Westgate bridge area always seemed busy even in the 1980's, so I was surprised when it was cancelled.
Now they have added a tunnel, but the traffic seems to still be funnelled into one spot, won't the tunnel just add to a lot of the problems?

The old East-West link idea, that put a parallel road to the Westgate freeway :

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The new tunnel idea, which seems to still rely heavily on the M1, interesting:

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Yea, the new tunnel only helps a bit to remove the trucks. Useful but not the ultimate solution and we are paying for it through extending the tolls.

The East West link will be necessary once they complete the North Eastern works in a few years.

At the time it was a last minute decision by the Libs when they realised they had been in government for 4 years and only had 1 hospital upgrade to show for it. Would have liked it but it wasn't that necessary then.

Honestly they got elected and that was it. Sat on their hands. They signed a pretty rushed contract the day they went to election.

They only just lost that election.
If they had of been a bit more on the ball they would have won.

 

[Knobby22]

We lived in Melbourne for eight years during the 90s-00s. At the time we loved it but could see the beginnings of it sliding into the abyss. By the time we left it was not a happy place.

Melbourne CBD is for young people.
City is pumping every night. I find it surprising how quickly it has expanded and I am used to it. Heaps of rooftop bars, restaurants and big crowds even on a Wednesday. Only going to get more popular.

They built a large rooftop bar near my work ( cnr Exhibition and Bourke) and the noise at night is amazing.

 

[farmerge]

Melbourne CBD is for young people.
City is pumping every night. I find it surprising and I am used to it. Heaps of rooftop bars and big crowds even on a Wednesday. Only going to get more popular.

They built a large rooftop bar near my work ( cnr Exhibition and Bourke) and the noise at night is amazing.

Pumping here on the farm also. Cows all liven up at the end of day, especially when the hay feedout trailer lurches into the paddocks.
Lunchtime for me..

 

[IFocus]

The smartest thing you can do is just avoid Melbourne full stop.
Mick

TBH as city's go I really liked Melbourne and driving around was relatively easy and the Vic's are good drivers a plus is you can buy good coffee there.