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I don't know why they say Joan Kirner was popular.
I remember the rallies demanding an election.
I remember the worst drubbing in memory of Labor in an election.
Her incompetence was legendary from the scratch cards, bringing in the pokies, putting traffics lights on the freeway build (which the next government had to fix) and such poor management that the Prime Minister of the time (Paul Keating) made some nasty comments.

To me shall will always be badly remembered because she never said sorry for what whe did to the State of Victoria..
 
I don't think it was Joan Kirner that had Victoria in crisis. I am pretty sure the Labor Party had already done enough damage before she became el Presidente'

and what do you know ... Wikipedia agrees with me:-

Later in 1988 Kirner was elected Deputy Premier of Victoria. When Cain resigned after a collapse in his political support in August 1990, Kirner was elected Labor leader and thus became Victoria's first female Premier.

By this time the Labor government was in deep crisis, with some of the state's financial institutions on the brink of insolvency, the budget deficit unsustainably high and growing and the Labor Party deeply divided on how to respond to the situation. The party hoped that the elevation of a popular woman as its new leader would improve its position, but Kirner never succeeded in gaining control of the crisis into which the state had plunged.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Kirner

I googled "Achievements for Joan Kirner" ... BLANK :eek:
 
trainspotter said:
I don't think it was Joan Kirner that had Victoria in crisis. I am pretty sure the Labor Party had already done enough damage before she became el Presidente'

I googled "Achievements for Joan Kirner" ... BLANK :eek:
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I googled "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" and came up with

"about the dead, good things or nothing", meaning that we should remember and talk about the ones who died with respect, or not at all.
 
pixel said:
I googled "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" and came up with

"about the dead, good things or nothing", meaning that we should remember and talk about the ones who died with respect, or not at all.
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And yet those Romans wrote extensive biographies, often damning their emperors. White-washing history is as bad as changing history...shades of Orwell. We should show respect but we should be honest about it.
 
pixel said:
I googled "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" and came up with

"about the dead, good things or nothing", meaning that we should remember and talk about the ones who died with respect, or not at all.
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Not me that said it ... blame google. (on her achievements list)

Wikipedia was the source for how bad LABOR had run Victoria prior to Joan Kirner becoming the top dog. She was put in as a patsy premier as no one else wanted the job as they knew how bad things were in the electorate.

Ultimately, John Cain resigned on 7 August 1990, and on 10 August, Joan Kirner was elected leader. Despite her own personal popularity, support for the government had fallen to 22% by December, with analysts citing concerns over the state debt, lack of confidence in Victorian financial institutions, industrial relations problems and the severity of the recession's effects in the state as the primary reasons for the low ratings
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_state_election,_1992
 
Patrick McNee....famous in the Avengers in the sixties.Partnered the striking Emma Peel -Diana Rigg.
He owned 2.5 percent of the profits from the series,which is still shown in different countries.
 

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