Moira Deeming v John Pesutto
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You've not seen the SA Liberal Party. Their last leader resigned facing drug trafficking charges and they've lost 2 Liberal seats in by-elections in the past year. Factional infighting has made them unelectable in all but 4 of the past 22 years.
The bar is pretty low.
IMO throwing out a long entrenched government is nearly always good for accountability and refreshing of perspectives and policies. But not if the alternative has nothing to offer and is focussed entirely on itself.
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The first step for Brad Battin to do is simple: reunify the Liberals. Then try to get a good working relationship with their 'country relatives' (ie the Nationals).
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Who votes for these people? They're dumb as dogshit.
criminal/reform background?
He's a former cop who owned a Bakers Delight franchise before entering Parliament.
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Expensive too
As a minister.
- Shadow Minister for Youth Justice since December 2022
- Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention and Victim Support since October 2023
- Shadow Minister for Criminal Justice Reform since December 2022
- Shadow Minister for Corrections since September 2021
- Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention December 2022 - October 2023
- Shadow Minister for Community Safety and Victim Support September 2021 - December 2022
- Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention December 2018 - March 2021
- Shadow Minister for Victim Support December 2018 - March 2021
- Shadow Minister for Youth Justice December 2018 - March 2021
As an MP. He's never been a Minister.
His main job as opposition spokesperson for a particular portfolio is to ask questions of the real Ministers in Parliament. Questions nearly always prepared by someone else, like one of his staffers based on insider leaks from disgruntled public servants or former mates in VicPol.
This is NOT the equivalent of having a 'criminal/law reform background'.
F-me - it's like saying Brad Boswell, Shadow Treasurer has an international finance background'. Whereas the main achievement he lists in his Parliamentary notes is that he was 'a Cub and then Scout with the 9th Sandringham Scouts and 2nd Beaumaris Sea Scouts.'
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No worries, considering it’s such a huge deal using the word “background”, I’ll repost it for you:
Has been a shadow minister in criminal / reform. Also owned a small business (BAKERS DELIGHT). Be interesting to see how he goes.
Link: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/brad-battin/
Hope this makes you feel better now.
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You are nitpicking based on the word “background”. Which can mean many different things. In this situation, I am very clearly not using it to describe his employment history.
Seriously, what is your problem?
How could that post POSSIBLY rub you the wrong way?
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why would you want to live in a "cesspit"
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So cleanskin from the disastrous bailleu Napthine years? Take the positives when you can.
Hmm I still have my concerns on this one.. they can’t seem to get much right, guess we’ll have to wait and see!
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Beats the standard ALP resume - former trade union secretary
despite her best efforts, virginia triolli just couldnt get her man over the line ..... wellingham wont be happy either
battins first few months will be 'interesting' ....... will he use it courting the herald sun/3aw knuckle draggers by prosecuting the dan andrews car crash conspiracy?
battins first few months will be 'interesting' ....... will he use it courting the herald sun/3aw knuckle draggers by prosecuting the dan andrews car crash conspiracy?
Someone had some fun with his Wiki profile page, replacing Battin's photo with a member of the Victorian Youth Parliament.
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Just found it interesting re his shadow minister days.
“The areas of public policy that he is most passionate about include youth justice, emergency services and supporting smaller governments in Victoria.”
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Cos that theory went so well with Bailleu
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Well, he owned a franchise.
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Well, he owned a franchise.
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a quick google search - just before scott boland comes on for a trundle - shows:
someone should ask prayer room boy for comment
- berwick to melbourne ....... 46km
- sorrento to melbourne ....... 107km
- bendigo to melbourne by comparison ....... 153km
someone should ask prayer room boy for comment
One sold off anything that wasn't nailed down and didn't invest the proceeds into infrastructure improvements. The other actually thought East-West Link was a good idea, which is a fantastic litmus test to see who should never be trusted with decision-making.
He's an ex cop and ex Bakery owner.
That makes him a normal person, unlike 80% of politicians who worked in politics (politics proper or broader political world- advocacy, think tanks etc), unions or high-end law firms before being elected.
