Summing up the Baillieu government
It’s been roughly six months since the election of the Baillieu government in Victoria. Elected on a platform of – essentially – fixing the perceived infrastructure screw-ups of the Brumby era, Laura Norder, and Baillieu coming across as less of a smart-arse than John Brumby, it was unclear what else, if anything, they stood for.
Towards conservative oligopoly; east and west
State political journalists in New South Wales are doing it tough just at the moment. Generating vaguely interesting material from a government that most people have written off and an Opposition that assumes (correctly) that it will dawdle into government [...]
Let them live by the beach
Premier Colin Barnett claims Perth homes do not need air-conditioners as the debate on rising power bills heats up. The remarks came during a debate on electricity prices in Parliament yesterday, and after Perth has sweltered through the hottest October [...]
Henry Review open thread
The Henry Tax review should be out this afternoon, presumably available from their website. Peter Martin has a series of posts on the issue that should fill the intervening hours if you just can’t wait. Aside from the foreshadowing of [...]
Fairness
Despite attempts by the WA Government to make this into a luxury car thing, or an equal before the law thing, I think it’s clear to anyone who values the rule of law that this is bullshit. A PERTH doctor [...]
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