Vic The joke that is the Victorian Liberal Party.

[Aristotle Pickett]

First there was Mathew Guy , now this guy.

" Treaty could make people ‘feel more divided’, Victorian opposition leader says, as Coalition withdraws support
The Coalition backed a bill in 2022 to start the treaty process with Indigenous people in Victoria but has now ended years of bipartisanship on the issue."

Treaty could make people ‘feel more divided’, Victorian opposition leader says, as Coalition withdraws support

The Coalition backed a bill in 2022 to start the treaty process with Indigenous people in Victoria but has now ended years of bipartisanship on the issue

www.theguardian.com

 

[Gough]

The Liberal Party have decided that post referendum racism will win them votes and as it stands that's about all they have at the moment.

 

[kalex6251]

the murdoch press doing its best to support pesuttos backflips i see

queue moira deeming

 

[QuietB]

Did someone say "broken promise"

We'll be hearing a lot about those for the next little while. Doubt they will mention this one though.

 

[peetoo]

Finished

Pesutto vows to pause and review Suburban Rail Loop

The Victorian Coalition say they may not complete the 90km rail loop if elected in 2026, but they would have to honour billions of dollars in contracts already signed.

www.theage.com.au

 

[geoffjennings79]

Finished

Pesutto vows to pause and review Suburban Rail Loop

The Victorian Coalition say they may not complete the 90km rail loop if elected in 2026, but they would have to honour billions of dollars in contracts already signed.

www.theage.com.au

"... IF elected in 2026..."

They have 28 seats, and need 45 to form majority govt (and they're not forming minority govt with Greens).

Not impossible (!), but even Rudyard Kiling isn't touching that "if"...

 

[peetoo]

They’ll never be elected unless they promise to continue the ‘big build’ the rest is chatter

The industry still hasn’t got over Bailleu and Napthine starving the pipeline

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Finished

Pesutto vows to pause and review Suburban Rail Loop

The Victorian Coalition say they may not complete the 90km rail loop if elected in 2026, but they would have to honour billions of dollars in contracts already signed.

www.theage.com.au

What a great political weapon that has been for Labor, especially in the eastern suburbs where they've often struggled. Give the people an ambitious public transport project and they'll often get on board, and the party of no will likely say no like they usually do and cost themselves (except perhaps the NSW branch). There's a lesson there for other state Labor parties if they care to learn from it.

It does come with risks, like budget blowouts, or some areas being pushed to the back of the queue and getting resentful about it. I suppose Vic Labor has been fortunate that Wyndham Vale and Melton haven't turned on them despite their railway electrification being pushed back indefinitely.

 

[QuietB]

What a great political weapon that has been for Labor, especially in the eastern suburbs where they've often struggled. Give the people an ambitious public transport project and they'll often get on board, and the party of no will likely say no like they usually do and cost themselves (except perhaps the NSW branch). There's a lesson there for other state Labor parties if they care to learn from it.

It does come with risks, like budget blowouts, or some areas being pushed to the back of the queue and getting resentful about it. I suppose Vic Labor has been fortunate that Wyndham Vale and Melton haven't turned on them despite their railway electrification being pushed back indefinitely.

The NSW Liberals did build shitloads of infrastructure - Sydney infrastructure is next level. They are years ahead of Melbourne.

 

[peetoo]

The NSW Liberals did build shitloads of infrastructure - Sydney infrastructure is next level. They are years ahead of Melbourne.

But we are told their need for funds is greater as they are so far behind?

 

[QuietB]

But we are told their need for funds is greater as they are so far behind?

When the Federal Liberals have been dominated by the Sydney branch for three decades Melbourne is bound to get screwed on funding. Add the success of Andrews, and the fact Sydney had a Liberal state government and Melbourne gets screwed worse.

The federal Liberals have basically blocked Melbourne infrastructure spending for a decade because of their never ending sook about the East West Link project.

And the huge disadvantage Victoria has is mining. NSW sells s**t loads of coal and gas, as does Queensland. WA sells a crap load of ore and even SA has their share of mining. Victoria simply does not have the income generated by mining - hence we have debt while the others do not.

 

[kalex6251]

the victorian division is a party now held to ransom by a small group of hardline extremists who will not negotiate, compromise or yield on any position it believes challenges the orthodoxy of christian hegemony

until they remove that cancer they will continue their decline

 

[kalex6251]

And the huge disadvantage Victoria has is mining. NSW sells s**t loads of coal and gas, as does Queensland. WA sells a crap load of ore and even SA has their share of mining. Victoria simply does not have the income generated by mining - hence we have debt while the others do not.

happy to be proven wrong but i sense theres been a decades long process to redesign the victorian economy around its university precincts (a knowledge economy) .... very american in its thinking ..... a plan that could prove very lucrative if done well

when viewed in this light the SRL makes a lot of sense (its been said here and elsewhere that monash campus and surrounding area will soon emerge as the second biggest economic zone in this state ...... latrobe has very big ambitions for its campus as well)

 

[QuietB]

happy to proven wrong but i sense theres been a decades long process to redesign the victorian economy around its university precincts (a knowledge economy) .... very american in its thinking ..... a plan that could prove very lucrative if done well

when viewed in this light the SRL makes a lot of sense (its been said here and elsewhere that monash campus and surrounding area will soon emerge as the second biggest economic zone in this state ...... latrobe has very big ambitions for its campus as well)

And the Sydney Liberals hate it. Morrison's resistance to Victoria having the mRNA vaccine facility was real - but it could not go anywhere else. I think the state government simply announced it anyway without federal support which came later.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

The NSW Liberals did build shitloads of infrastructure - Sydney infrastructure is next level. They are years ahead of Melbourne.

They built the metro, but had to sell off their power infrastructure to get the money. And WestConnex will prove to be a money pit that delivers a fraction of the benefits it was touted to, like every other recent urban toll tunnel project.

Sydney's infrastructure is indeed ahead of Melbourne's, but that's not just from the past decade, it's something that developed over the course of the past 75 years. Notably, Sydney got rid of most of their level crossings back in the 50s whereas Melbourne's have only been removed en masse within the past decade.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

happy to be proven wrong but i sense theres been a decades long process to redesign the victorian economy around its university precincts (a knowledge economy) .... very american in its thinking ..... a plan that could prove very lucrative if done well

when viewed in this light the SRL makes a lot of sense (its been said here and elsewhere that monash campus and surrounding area will soon emerge as the second biggest economic zone in this state ...... latrobe has very big ambitions for its campus as well)

It’s very deliberate. SRL stops are at Monash Clayton, Burwood (Deakin) and Bundoora (La Trobe).

The idea is to create knowledge / research / work hubs. The Monash hub will likely be heavily focused on medical, with Monash hospital constantly being upgraded and the new heart hospital now open on the uni campus.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

They built the metro, but had to sell off their power infrastructure to get the money. And WestConnex will prove to be a money pit that delivers a fraction of the benefits it was touted to, like every other recent urban toll tunnel project.

Sydney's infrastructure is indeed ahead of Melbourne's, but that's not just from the past decade, it's something that developed over the course of the past 75 years. Notably, Sydney got rid of most of their level crossings back in the 50s whereas Melbourne's have only been removed en masse within the past decade.

West Connex is the single greatest proof of induced demand.

 

[Romeoh1]

Pesutto is useless. They aren’t going anywhere good under him.

 

[Harro59]

Pesutto is useless. They aren’t going anywhere good under him.

Probably time they roll Tim Smith out again isn't it?

 

[Romeoh1]

Probably time they roll Tim Smith out again isn't it?

There’s a definite dearth of talent in the libs. Both state and federal that is actually hard to understand.

 

[Gough]

There’s a definite dearth of talent in the libs. Both state and federal that is actually hard to understand.

The idea that the Liberal Party is a meritocracy now refers to the fact it's full of people who failed to cut it in the private sector.

 

[kalex6251]

an interesting f*** you to pesutto from one of the conservative rights big hitters [interesting back story if i heard correctly - riordans wife works for the health service .... and riordan himself served for 10 years on the health service board]

 

[Donakebab]

Probably time they roll Tim Smith out again isn't it?

Matthew Guy has been getting a lot of airtime lately...

 

[Not Important]

the murdoch press doing its best to support pesuttos backflips i see

queue moira deeming

don’t think it’s fair to say the murdoch propaganda machine has done pesutto any favours generally speaking.

 

[The Punter]

an interesting f*** you to pesutto from one of the conservative rights big hitters [interesting back story if i heard correctly - riordans wife works for the health service .... and riordan himself served for 10 years on the health service board]

Colac is an insular place so I'm not surprised that Riordan and his wife are heavily involved in the local health service.

And Mr Riordan is not among Mr Pesutto's supporters.