Premiers and governments that feel impervious to opposition are more likely to overreach. For disturbing evidence of this,look no further than the latest IBAC report and Daniel Andrews’ contemptuous reaction to it.
It was a messy departure that only got messier in the months that followed. On Saturday,Alastair Clarkson will coach against Hawthorn for the first time in a match that,to some,has a little more than four points riding on it.
Anthony Albanese has ramped up pressure on Peter Dutton to declare the Liberals’ position on the Voice as conservatives express their misgivings.
Sports minister Anika Wells and shadow minister Anne Ruston got the razzle-dazzle World Cup treatment from the Qatari government then failed to declare the largesse.
Sculptor Peter Corlett has offered to come out of retirement to immortalise the Victorian premier for his 3000-day milestone,preferably in his iconic “fists in the air” pose.
A group of senior Liberal MPs has been assigned with repairing the party’s relationship with Chinese Australians,which will be put to the test in the Aston byelection.
Former Hawthorn superstar Cyril Rioli and his wife Shannyn have joined the contingent of First Nations players and partners who have made submissions to the AFL inquiry into alleged racism.
The former Victorian premier wants the Voice referendum to succeed but says the prime minister’s ambitions are at risk “because he is not being transparent”.
Former Hawthorn premiership star Andy Gowers is the Hawks’ new president,having edged Jeff Kennett’s anointed successor Peter Nankivell for the top job in a club-member vote.
If SEC 2.0 is going to deliver real benefits for Victorians,it should be as a state-owned corporation operating at arm’s length from ministers.
The Victorian premier’s announcement of free tampons was the moment when feminism met populism.