Written by Brad Battin names former leader Matthew Guy in role responsible for ‘transition to government’ Benita Kolovos Another interesting new role goes to former opposition leader, Matthew Guy, who will be responsible for “transition to government”. Nationals upper house MP Melina Bath, who was promoted to the shadow cabinet last year, has also got new roles […]
For Victorian Liberal MP Brad Battin, the third time may prove to be the charm. After falling short in a 2021 leadership spill against former opposition leader Michael O’Brien, and losing by a single vote to John Pesutto following the Liberals’ 2022 state election defeat, Battin now appears to have the numbers to snatch the […]
It’s the costume drama plot with the startlingly up-to-date twist: the fifth marquess of Anglesey, a scandalously extravagant, cross-dressing peer of the realm, who cavorted around north Wales in the late 19th century, now has his own biopic – and it is a tribute he surely would have relished. The makers of Madfabulous, which has […]
If the greyhound abuse industry in NSW is a particularly sordid mess presided over by the gambling-addicted NSW Labor Party, things are even grubbier in Victoria. Greyhound Racing Victoria’s annual report emerged at the end of October and the outlook is bleak for citizens in Australia’s highest-taxed state. Despite the Victorian government handing $40 million […]