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Re: BaillieuWatch
Reply #1485 - May 11^th, 2011 at 3:37pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 1:45pm:

Historical.

We are on the verge of a 100 page tantrum of an election result that someone didn't like.

Whoever said queers weren't precious?

Tony Abbott, aside ...

Who has NEVER really accepted the electorial loss of the Howard Government - some three and a half YEARS ago ?

There are FAR more threads critical of the short -comings of the Rudd/Gillard governments than those of the Baillieu Government

Envy abounds, as I have more material to work with
But I DO manage to put it ALL in the ONE THREAD

Holding a STATE GOVERNMENT to account is JUST as valid as it is with a FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

HAPPY 100th !!!

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Reply #1487 - May 11^th, 2011 at 4:01pm

buzzanddidj wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 3:37pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 1:45pm:

Historical.

We are on the verge of a 100 page tantrum of an election result that someone didn't like.

Whoever said queers weren't precious?

Tony Abbott, aside ...

Who has NEVER really accepted the electorial loss of the Howard Government - some three and a half YEARS ago ?

There are FAR more threads critical of the short -comings of the Rudd/Gillard governments than those of the Baillieu Government

Envy abounds, as I have more material to work with
But I DO manage to put it ALL in the ONE THREAD

HAPPY 100th !!!

So you are planning on how much more selective reporting and decietful highlightling in the coming pages?

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Reply #1488 - May 11^th, 2011 at 4:29pm

Railway station staffing plan axed

Clay Lucas
May 11, 2011

TRANSPORT Minister Terry Mulder has confirmed a plan by the previous government to staff 22 extra railway stations full-time has been dumped, as the Baillieu government moves to put armed guards on the rail network after dark.

Mr Mulder also yesterday accused the Brumby government of having ''doctored'' the number of assaults occurring at railway stations in 2010, in a bid to retain power last year.

Appearing before a parliamentary committee yesterday to answer questions about last week's budget, Mr Mulder confirmed that a plan announced in 2010 by then transport minister Martin Pakula was no more.

It would have seen full-time staff return to 22 of Melbourne's 212 rail stations.

Seventy-eight of Melbourne's railway stations are now staffed full-time. Another 50 are staffed for between two and four hours a day. The remaining 84 never have any staff.

Among the stations that were to get staff back full-time were Hoppers Crossing, Balaclava, East Richmond, Fairfield and Prahran.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/railway-station-staffing-plan-axed-20110510-1e...

(The Liberal Party figures compared NETT figures - which had risen
The Governmenment figures compared incidents - per 100,000 jouneys taken - which had DROPPED in real terms)

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Reply #1489 - May 11^th, 2011 at 4:42pm

buzzanddidj wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 4:29pm:

Railway station staffing plan axed

Clay Lucas
May 11, 2011

TRANSPORT Minister Terry Mulder has confirmed a plan by the previous government to staff 22 extra railway stations full-time has been dumped, as the Baillieu government moves to put armed guards on the rail network after dark.

Mr Mulder also yesterday accused the Brumby government of having ''doctored'' the number of assaults occurring at railway stations in 2010, in a bid to retain power last year.

Appearing before a parliamentary committee yesterday to answer questions about last week's budget, Mr Mulder confirmed that a plan announced in 2010 by then transport minister Martin Pakula was no more.

It would have seen full-time staff return to 22 of Melbourne's 212 rail stations.

Seventy-eight of Melbourne's railway stations are now staffed full-time. Another 50 are staffed for between two and four hours a day. The remaining 84 never have any staff.

Among the stations that were to get staff back full-time were Hoppers Crossing, Balaclava, East Richmond, Fairfield and Prahran.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/railway-station-staffing-plan-axed-20110510-1e...

(The Liberal Party figures compared NETT figures - which had risen
The Governmenment figures compared incidents - per 100,000 jouneys taken - which had DROPPED in real terms)

22 are dumped, and something like 970 coming on, stop your whinging.

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Re: BaillieuWatch
Reply #1491 - May 12^th, 2011 at 7:51am

Baillieu: carbon goal aspirational

DAVID ROOD AND ADAM MORTON
12 May, 2011 12:35 AM

PREMIER Ted Baillieu has hand-balled responsibility for Victoria meeting its key climate change target to the federal government - and warned he would not support a carbon tax that disadvantaged the state's economy.

Mr Baillieu said the key to Victoria reducing emissions was a systematic response from Canberra.

Speaking after the government abandoned negotiations over the staged closure of the Hazelwood power station - often described as Australia's ''dirtiest'' coal plant - the Premier said the Victoria's legislated target to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 was

''aspirational''

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The Victorian Coalition supported federal Labor's defunct emissions trading proposal, which was shelved early last year. The Premier has said there remained a great deal of uncertainty over the new plans for a carbon price.

The Coalition's announcement it would walk away from the Hazelwood talks prompted accusations it had no plan to put Victoria on a path to meeting the 20 per cent target.

http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/national/national/general/baillieu-carbon-goal-aspirational/2160912.aspx

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Baillieu commits to carbon cut

David Rood
September 4, 2010

TED Baillieu has committed a future Coalition government to ambitious cuts to Victoria's carbon emissions should he win at November's state election.

The opposition has backed the government's target of reducing emissions by the 20 per cent of 2000 levels over the next decade

, in stark contrast to the 5 per cent target of his federal Liberal counterpart Tony Abbott.

Responding to a series of questions from The Age about opposition policies less than three months from the state poll, Mr Baillieu backed the 20 per cent target, spelt out in new climate change laws passed by the Parliament yesterday.

But Mr Baillieu would not commit to reducing emissions from the highly polluting brown-coal power station Hazelwood - as promised by Labor.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/baillieu-commits-to-carbon-cut-20100903-14uhl....

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Re: BaillieuWatch
Reply #1493 - May 12^th, 2011 at 9:01am

Dixon refuses to rule out larger classes

Wed May 11
Melissa Jenkins

The Victorian government has refused to rule out

school class sizes rising

under its watch.

Before the November state election, the coalition promised to make Victorian teachers the

highest paid in the nation

. To reach parity with the nation's best paid teachers in Western Australia, this would

require an eight per cent pay increase

.

The government will soon begin wage negotiations with teachers.

Since making the pre-election promise, Premier Ted Baillieu has said no pay increases will be granted beyond 2.5 per cent unless productivity gains are achieved.

When challenged by Labor on Wednesday, Education Minister Martin Dixon refused to guarantee class sizes would not grow under the coalition government.

Opposition education spokesman Rob Hulls said the size of classes students are placed in was one of the most important issues for parents.

"For him (Mr Dixon) to be washing his hands of that and failing to rule out an increase in class sizes is a code for saying class sizes are going to increase," he told AAP after the hearing.

Mr Hulls said under Labor's watch from 1999 to 2010, average class sizes in government schools dropped from 25.4 to 22 students
.

During the hearing,

Mr Dixon confirmed the government would cut $481 million from the education budget

but no frontline staff would lose their jobs.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8248007/dixon-refuses-to-rule-out-larger-cla...

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remember_when64 Full Member Offline C'est la vie Posts: 172	Re: BaillieuWatch Reply #1494 - May 12^th, 2011 at 10:39am Shouldn't this "thread" be moved to Extremism Exposed Board? There is basically no debate about politics, just cut and paste by an individual.
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Reply #1495 - May 12^th, 2011 at 10:43am

remember_when64 wrote on May 12^th, 2011 at 10:39am:

Shouldn't this "thread" be moved to Extremism Exposed Board?

There is basically no debate about politics, just cut and paste by an individual.

Without doubt - it should go to 'extremism'.

It has no political merit whatsoever.

It is one individual who began criticising the Government the day after the election.

A guy who criticises Liberal policy on anything because, well, it's Liberal policy and defends Labor because it's Labor.

But when asked to explain why he criticises Liberals all the time, will not admit to why.

Extremism is the best place for it.

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Re: BaillieuWatch
Reply #1496 - May 12^th, 2011 at 11:16am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on May 12^th, 2011 at 10:43am:

remember_when64 wrote on May 12^th, 2011 at 10:39am:

Shouldn't this "thread" be moved to Extremism Exposed Board?

There is basically no debate about politics, just cut and paste by an individual.

Without doubt - it should go to 'extremism'.

It has no political merit whatsoever.

It is one individual who began criticising the Government the day after the election.

And my PREDICTION was "SPOT ON"

A Government CAN'T cut tax receipts - increase spending - and end up with ANYTHING other than MORE DEBT

ANY
half-wit of an accountant
knows THAT

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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14169 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: BaillieuWatch Reply #1497 - May 12^th, 2011 at 11:21am remember_when64 wrote on May 12^th, 2011 at 10:39am: Shouldn't this "thread" be moved to Extremism Exposed Board? PROBABLY The "right" suffer enough HUMILIATION as it is ... but THIS, is just plain CRUEL
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: BaillieuWatch Reply #1498 - May 12^th, 2011 at 11:23am Would you call a Federal Government losing a majority after just one term - being the first to do so in over 70 years - humiliating? or embarrassing? or a good result?
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Reply #1499 - May 12^th, 2011 at 11:26am

buzzanddidj wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 4:54pm:

Quote:

970 coming on

That STILL remains to be SEEN

The Police Minister's almost unworkable relationship with the Victoria Police (and his reneging on the size of the promised pay increase) has not made for a smooth run

The Victoria Police -

The Bracks/Brumby Government had a woman in charge who the Police Association said was not up to the job.

8 years later, they were proved completely correct.

They then put in place a Chief Commissioner - who released under-cooked crime statistics (corruptly on the orders of the Brumby Government) to fit in with an election.

If anything Baillieu Government is right in taking its stance on a police service which has been corrupt for years and been allowed to be so by the last Government - who used them for political reasons.

A sordid state of affairs.

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