This afternoon, the Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy announced his frontbench team to take on the Andrews government, and it's a swift response to the November 29 election result. For the first time since 1996 Denis Napthine and Louise Asher will be sitting at the back of the chamber, and they'll be joined by a [...]
On Saturday night you can be ahead of the game in understanding who will win the election. There are a few signposts that will help you call the result first in your house! The 2013 redistribution altered the boundaries of some ALP seats, in effect they became Liberal seats (based on 2010 election results). If [...]
Some pundits are picking the Coalition to win the 2014 Victorian election on the basis that first-term governments simply don’t lose. History suggests otherwise. Australian politics can be divided into two eras: pre and post 1945. This marker is not based on the end of World War II but rather the creation of the Liberal Party, [...]
On Monday this week the writs were issued for the November 29 election. The writs, signed by the Governor, dissolve the Parliament and authorise an election to be held. This action triggers an unusual form of government, known as the caretaker period. It is the one time that Victorians are not legally represented by a [...]
The Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission has released draft maps of the proposed electorates for the 2014 election. Following public consultation with these drafts, the final maps are expected to be released in October 2013. With only two redistributions in the past 20 years, and notwithstanding the historic population changes over the past 10 years, this [...]
Yesterday Denis Napthine took control of his government. The announced changes to the Victorian Public Service sends out a strong signal that Denis Napthine is placing his stamp on government. He is telling Victorian’s that he is prepared to make the changes that are necessary to more effectively implement his government’s strategy - even if it means putting some [...]
An Asian Century of opportunity and challenge for Australian agriculture The Asian Century White Paper provides a grand vision for where Australia needs to place itself to be competitive and embrace the enormous opportunities that will present through an ever-growing Asian middle class, and how Australia operating in an international market can differentiate itself from [...]
Organisations today have an array of interested stakeholders monitoring, often providing public critiques, the words and actions of key decision makers. While stakeholder management has become something of a mantra for communications professionals, perhaps the best way to ‘manage’ stakeholders is to support and encourage their active participation in decision making. Community engagement is a [...]
