Victoria’s Opposition has called for an inquiry into Premier Daniel Andrews’ controversial visit to China as concerns continue to be raised over what shadow immigration minister Dan Tehan describes as Andrews’ “secret trip.” Andrews is currently in China for a four-day visit before he returns to Melbourne on April 1; Andrews has been criticised for…
Daniel Andrews’ ‘Secretive’ China Trip Under Scrutiny for Lack of Transparency
Daniel Andrews Announces Surprise Visit to China
March 26, 2023
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will be the first state leader to visit China, ahead of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, since the outbreak of COVID-19. Andrews will leave on March 27 and visit Beijing, as well as the provinces of Jiangsu and Sichuan, before returning to Melbourne on April 1. He will meet with Chinese…
Consultant Hiring Costs Victorian Taxpayers Nearly $1 Billion
New data has shown that residents of the Australian state of Victoria have to pay nearly $1 billion (US$670 million) in consulting fees since the Labor government came into power in 2014. On March 23, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) released data on how much the Victorian Labor government has paid consulting agencies…
Victorian Government Orders Transgender Flag Flown in Response to Women’s Rights Protest
March 22, 2023
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A new transgender flag will fly in front of Melbourne’s Treasury Place alongside two LGBT+ pride flags until the end of the month. The Victorian state Labor government made the decision following a rally on women’s rights on the weekend where women discussed transgender people taking part in women’s sports. State Premier Daniel Andrews wrote…
‘We’re All in This Together’ Was Always a Lie
March 15, 2023
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Commentary The Epoch Times, along with the Spectator Australia, were two of very few media outlets around the world that came out against the lockdowns from virtually day one and never wavered. We knew and argued that these policies were wrong on the data; wrong in principle for any society with a passing commitment to…
Why Set up the PBO If the Government Won’t Use It?
March 15, 2023
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Commentary Victoria’s Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) latest report (pdf) has revealed that the Labor government, who set it up, did not even use it to cost its 2022 election promises. The report notes that “There appears to be a disconnect between the Treasurer’s 2016 speech recommending the bill to parliament, in which he outlined his…
Dan Andrews Denies Allegations of Interference Into State’s Anti-Corruption Watchdog
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is at the centre of another corruption allegation, this time from the former IBAC commissioner himself, who alleges that the Andrews government interfered with the watchdog’s independent audit processes. In a leaked letter published by the Herald Sun on March 9, former IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich KC alleged that the Andrews…
Another Drug Injecting Room? No Thanks!
Commentary The future of Victoria’s contentious trial of a drug injecting room finally appears to be clear, with an announcement by the state Labor government that it will “introduce legislation to establish the health service.” The government is taking this action following the finalisation of a review into the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) trial,…
Australian Premier Defends Using Taxpayer Funds to Poll Reaction to Lockdowns, Restrictions
Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the use of taxpayer funds to gauge public sentiment during the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns in the state of Victoria. The state leader was responding to revelations that a research firm, QDOS, was hired to test the community’s reaction towards restrictions like the five-kilometre travel radius, curfews, shutting down industries,…
Cardinal George Pell on Final Journey Home to Australia
Cardinal George Pell has been remembered as a man who experienced great suffering at a requiem mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, where Pope Francis gave the final blessing. Cardinal Pell was farewelled on Saturday at the Vatican in the same church where he was ordained in 1966 and where Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s…
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