Bad Boys, whatcha gonna do when they don't vote for you?
Lose marginal seats in the south eastern metropolitan region it
seems.
Paul Mullett, who always has an opinion, will lobby the Bracks Government for a 15% pay rise over the next three years. Should this fall through, or if Tim Holding decides to play the dangerous game of industrial politics, Michael Davis suggests that the effect could be significant.
Labels: Election, Police
Brack's Priorities: Protecting Fruit Bats?
Do fruit bats really deserve to be a State Government priority? At a time when violent crime is on the increase [See Border Mail:
Violent crime on rise] and links between senior police officers and underworld figures are rumoured [See The Age:
Police officer defends his property links] you would think that Bracks could find something better for the State government to do than prosecute silly teenage boys for endangering fruit bats [See The Australian:
Teens reprieved over 'bat gun'; The Daily Telegraph:
Bats no match for fruit bazooka].
Labels: Environment, Police
Games Security Blowout: Safe but not Sorry
In amidst the
backslapping amongst the
M2006 Organisers, the
Bracks Government and the rest of the country for a games achievement; Steve Bracks has
admitted overspending on security by $70m. The government has conveniently remained under its self imposed spending cap of $697m by not including these additional costs. It's the kind of shifty accounting first year Commerce students learn, or that employed by Enron's smartest guys in the room.
It's fine that this move will not breach limits for specific Games spending, but in the end, taxpayers still pick up the bill. Victorians deserve better than Bracks.
Labels: Commonwealth Games, Police, Treasury
