Jacinta Allan - Leading a zombie government

[Jane Doe]

They need to pick quality candidates to stand a chance, the good thing for the ALP in Werribee is they finally moved away from staffers and picked a school teacher with real runs on the board in the community, while the Libs picked a real estate agent who bought his way in.

Vic Labor are lucky the election isn't for another two years, they'll be tightening the belt this year, have people using the Metro and West Gate Tunnels by the end of the year, and have the time to get their house in order.
But if their current performance costs Federal Labor government Allan will be gone by June.

You forgot to mention the billions of dollars debt the state is in.

 

[kalex6251]

lol .... herald $cum reporting battin has gone in hard against allen on a ....... <checks website again - more out of disbelief than anything > ......... 'puffing billy australia day snub' ......... yep, thats where we are at in this age of trumpism

right wing conservatives do love trading on virtue signalling populism ........ pathetic creeps

 

[GrayRanga]

lol .... herald $cum reporting battin has gone in hard against allen on a ....... <checks website again - more out of disbelief than anything > ......... 'puffing billy australia day snub' ......... yep, thats where we are at in this age of trumpism

right wing conservatives do love trading on virtue signalling populism ........ pathetic creeps

Some of us refuse to contibute to Rupbert's coffers and live in dem dere hills...give us a hint of what should stoke our angertaiment

 

[kalex6251]

its paywalled soooooo .... anyhoo

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[GrayRanga]

its paywalled soooooo .... anyhoo

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'nuff said.

Nothing to do with the seat of Monbulk (Emerald and Belgrave) being held by Labor being next door to the Battin's seat of Berwick (covering Gembrook)

Puffing Billy will be chockers on the Australia Day holiday, but Australia Day itself is just another Sunday.

All the God fearing conservatives will be in church and shouldn't expect volunteers to give up their Day of Celibration of the Nation to hang an Australian flag on the front of the engine.

Nothing to stop the duly elected representative of a town and busnesses within his electorate contacting the Puffing Billy Railways Board to discuss his proposal in full and frank discussions

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Puffing Billy will be chockers on the Australia Day holiday, but Australia Day itself is just another Sunday.

That's the laugh I get from everyone getting outraged and threatening a boycott.
It's an internationally renowned tourist attraction.

I can guarantee from personal experience there will be multiple tourist buses filling up the train like every other day of the year.

All the God fearing conservatives will be in church and shouldn't expect volunteers to give up their Day of Celibration of the Nation to hang an Australian flag on the front of the engine.

There are some paid employees for what it's worth.


I'm guessing Battin thinks Jacinta should intervene given the PBR board is government legislation.

Except the day to day stuff is run by the PBPS

 

[GrayRanga]

That's the laugh I get from everyone getting outraged and threatening a boycott.
It's an internationally renowned tourist attraction.

I can guarantee from personal experience there will be multiple tourist buses filling up the train like every other day of the year.


There are some paid employees for what it's worth.


I'm guessing Battin thinks Jacinta should intervene given the PBR board is government legislation.

Except the day to day stuff is run by the PBPS

I was being facetious and I know there are paid employees, but still, as the member for Berwick, a small discussion with management to celebrate Australia Day could have accomplished the same outcome and been a feather in his cap if reported correctly as supporting his electorate.

Monbulk is an odd electorate, the North is Liberal Party, but the Hills and South are Greens/Labor. There's no new estates like Berwick/Pakenham so the demographics have remained constant, The voting for the Voice in the southern booths was about 60% Yes. Doesn't mean that it can't be swung, but at least in the South and Hills it will be hard, (a whole lot of unreconstructured refugees from 1975)

Historically, Puffing Billy is not particularly liked by the Dandenongs, but it is part of our lifestyle and "bugger off".

He was playing for the owners of the residents of the ticky tacky houses of his electorate

 

[MJG14]

lol .... herald $cum reporting battin has gone in hard against allen on a ....... <checks website again - more out of disbelief than anything > ......... 'puffing billy australia day snub' ......... yep, thats where we are at in this age of trumpism

right wing conservatives do love trading on virtue signalling populism ........ pathetic creeps

HS dialling up the flag waving nationalism even more. I've seen a tonne of articles from them this week about Australia Day being 'cancelled' by someone.

 

[geoffjennings79]

Is Battin's problem with the people who run the train, or is he worried the train itself is not celebrating Australia Day? Steam engines are so "woke"...