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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by LP -
Quote from: DJC – on
You need to brush upon our system of government Shawny.  Voters elect their local member and five MLCs for each of eight regions. 
On the MLC, since 2006 a party can nominate a existing member as a replacment to a casual vacany without election, it's the one and only method people have of getting into parliament without being elected. They do have to be aproved by a joint sitting.

Prior to 2006 a by-election was required, but the change was made because it was seen as a way of getting more people involved in politics, to ensure all regions have representation.

In recent years it's become controversial because federal parties have issued directives to state parties regarding who to nominate / elect.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by shawny -
DJC, I understand how it works. I'm not as ignorant as I think you like to believe I am.  

Allan was not elected 'by the people' to govern the state. Andrews was.  She was then 'elected' by the party which was my point.

Anyhow weeding completed as also is the discussion for me on this one mate. 
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
The main reason we struggle is most of the
other countries prioritize the short format games and put their resources into where they can make the most money.
The players all cross pollinate into the different high paying leagues and it's test cricket now which is the novelty game for a lot of nations. How many players can play test cricket compared to the number playing in short format teams.
Italy won their first WC game, two brothers from Sydney Australia with Italian heritage led the way...

I reckon that the main reason we struggle is that we send undermanned and under-prepared teams.

I think I'll barrack for Italy now  :)
The Italian team has a bit of a world eleven look to it but has a strong Australian flavour with two sets of brothers..the Mosca's and the Manenti brothers, the latter pair have played Big bash and may have played some shield cricket.
Curiosity meant I had to google the origins of cricket in Italy and found Admiral Nelson organised the first cricket match in Italy in the city of Naples and the Italian Cricket Federation
was started by embassy staff and foreign educators in the 1960's.
Of course that led to looking for AFL Football in Italy and I was pleasantly surprised....The 2010 AFL Italia Premiership was the inaugural season for the Australian rules football league in Italy, culminating in a Grand Final on September 4, 2010, at the Capitolina Rugby Field in Rome.
Key 2010 AFL Italia Results:
Champions: The Roma Blues won the inaugural AFL Italia Premiership (the "Scudetto(Little Shield)"), defeating the Milano Aussie Rules.
Grand Final Details: The Roma Blues defeated Milano (who were minor premiers) in a closely contested match. Despite a tight first half (55–54 at half-time), Rome pulled away in the third quarter with 6 unanswered goals, ultimately winning by a margin of roughly 3 goals.
Apologies for HiJacking the cricket thread...I am now a Roma Blues supporter....I think Tony DeBolfo had some connection or did an article somewhere on the Roma Blues.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
The main reason we struggle is most of the
other countries prioritize the short format games and put their resources into where they can make the most money.
The players all cross pollinate into the different high paying leagues and it's test cricket now which is the novelty game for a lot of nations. How many players can play test cricket compared to the number playing in short format teams.
Italy won their first WC game, two brothers from Sydney Australia with Italian heritage led the way...

I reckon that the main reason we struggle is that we send undermanned and under-prepared teams.

I think I'll barrack for Italy now  :)
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: shawny – on
The Allan government were not democratically elected, Allan was handed the position by her party after the criminal behind her up and resigned which was after yet another lie after promising 6 months prior to the election he would be seeing out his term.  This was not a leader that was elected democratically by the voters let's get that straight.

Back to the point at hand, we can all find reports pointing to slightly different reasoning behind why and how the money wasted occurred and you may even choose to accept Allan saying she knew nothing about it but lets be honest that is all semantics and you can draw whatever conclusions you want from that - the bottom line is it happened and the governing party at the time is responsible. Surely you agree with that.  

I'm in agreeance with you in not being overly confident in the Libs but we as a state cannot allow the current party to govern any longer and anyone that cast's their vote for them again in November won't be able to keep a straight face saying they are voting with their head, as they aren't.

Long overdue for a change

Ok that's it for me - off to do some weeding.

You need to brush upon our system of government Shawny.  Voters elect their local member and five MLCs for each of eight regions.  The party that controls the Legislative Assembly forms government and their party room elects/appoints the Premier, Ministers, etc.  The ALP was democratically elected in 2022 and they chose Jacinta Allan to be Premier.  That's our democratic process for better or for worse.

As I said previously, there were unsubstantiated allegations contained in a draft CFMEU commissioned report.  Those allegations may be true or they may not.  Again, if the allegations can be substantiated, heads should roll.

I agree that we need a change of government but the Coalition isn't a viable alternative and even hard line conservatives like Steve Price are on record stating that they can't win the next election.  Time will tell I guess.

Our local member works extremely hard for our community and a Liberal candidate would need a 17% swing to unseat her.  That's not going to happen ... and I'm in a rural electorate.

If you run out of weeds I've got plenty at my place  :)
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by shawny -
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: shawny – on


Nice try at deflecting.

How people accept this absolute bloody disgrace corrupt bunch of criminals that just happens to be in charge of running our state - running it into the ground astounds me.

And my comparsion to US politics and the obsession with everything that happens on the other side of the world is very relevant and if comparing that to the corrupt government we have here just happens to trigger you well so be it.

Im fking triggered at the corrupt spending of 15 BILLION dollars of OUR money.

15 billion in case you didnt know is 15 thousand MILLION and yet not one comment about your thoughts on this situation.

i wonder why that is ?😏

I'm still waiting for you to have a crack at Chris Minns for the scumbag who kinghit Peter Dean being dealt with under the Young Offenders Act  ::)

If you're triggered by headlines, you probably should delve a little deeper, and I don't mean listening to influencer podcasts.

First of all the Allan Government doesn't "just happen to be in charge", they were democratically elected and, when you consider the rabble that's supposed to be the opposition, it's easy to see why.  The opposition at national level is worse, if anything, and Malcolm Turnbull's description of their incoming leader as the “best qualified idiot” is spot on.  It's funny how politicians often make more sense after they retire.

Secondly, the allegations, and that's all they are at this stage, were set out in a draft report by barrister Geoffrey Watson SC.  The draft report detailed the results of an investigation into CFMEU criminality and corruption commissioned by CFMEU administrator Mark Irving KC.  As I'm sure you know, Irving was appointed by the Commonwealth Government to clean up the CFMEU.  The report isn't a public document and is the property of the CFMEU.  When Irving read the draft, he directed Watson to delete two sections alleging that the Allan government knew of the CFMEU aggression and corruption, that Watson estimated cost Victorian taxpayers $15 billion, because he (Irving) was “not satisfied that they were well-founded or properly tested”.  That's the opinion of a King's Council and one of the most senior and respected industrial relations lawyers in the country, not a half-baked politician or shock jock.

Watson is p1ssed off that his allegations have been discarded but he recently said the government “would be mad to get rid of Mark Irving" and “I’ve worked for Irving for two years now, and I’ve never met a more honest or decent man … I can tell you, everything he did was opposed to corruption and was in favour of fixing the CFMEU.”

I think that scuttles any suggestion that Irving's rejection of the $15 billion corruption allegations was politically motivated or in any way intended to protect politicians or CFMEU operatives.

It's possible that the CFMEU did cost Victorian taxpayers $15 billion, or perhaps even $30 billion.  Heads should roll if the CFMEU cost Victorian taxpayers any funds above and beyond legitimate construction costs, and I don't just mean Allan and the relevant Ministers.  There's a raft of people - bureaucrats, police, regulators, auditors, union officials, opposition leader, shadow ministers, etc - who should be taking action at the slightest whiff of misuse of public funds and union corruption.

For the record, I don't think much of our democratically elected State Government; they're tired, short on talent, running out of ideas and money and desperately need a spell in opposition.  Sadly for Victoria and Victorians, the alternative government is no better after such a promising start by John Pesutto.  While I admire him for taking on the fascists, he wasn't very smart in the way that he went about it.

The Allan government were not democratically elected, Allan was handed the position by her party after the criminal behind her up and resigned which was after yet another lie after promising 6 months prior to the election he would be seeing out his term.  This was not a leader that was elected democratically by the voters let's get that straight.

Back to the point at hand, we can all find reports pointing to slightly different reasoning behind why and how the money wasted occurred and you may even choose to accept Allan saying she knew nothing about it but lets be honest that is all semantics and you can draw whatever conclusions you want from that - the bottom line is it happened and the governing party at the time is responsible. Surely you agree with that.  

I'm in agreeance with you in not being overly confident in the Libs but we as a state cannot allow the current party to govern any longer and anyone that cast's their vote for them again in November won't be able to keep a straight face saying they are voting with their head, as they aren't.

Long overdue for a change

Ok that's it for me - off to do some weeding.

 
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
The main reason we struggle is most of the
other countries prioritize the short format games and put their resources into where they can make the most money.
The players all cross pollinate into the different high paying leagues and it's test cricket now which is the novelty game for a lot of nations. How many players can play test cricket compared to the number playing in short format teams.
Italy won their first WC game, two brothers from Sydney Australia with Italian heritage led the way...
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by Professer E -
Young spinners are marginalised at club level and don't develop. Cue the Vic spinner missing the last test in Sydney. Every weekend I see club sides crumble against spin but it's so hard for such kids to continue without support.
Our T20 side is made up of average players and over the hill types...for example, Stoinis hasn't delivered when it matters for a long, long time. Our T20 stalwarts are big players in a small pond and get shown up on the bigger stage.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
Quote from: crashlander – on
I know this thread is for test cricket (mostly), but today's T20 performances against Zimbabwe was unbelievably poor. Losing to these guys is unacceptable on any deck.
Mind you, we seem to playing all of our games on low turners.
What does it say about our ability o play spin? You don't need to be a genius to guess what I think.
I was thinking about the outrage such a pitch would cause here, the top tier have become prima donnas. They rated the MCG pitch poor and that pitch good!
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
It’s the cricket thread now Crash 🙂

I think that T20 encourages the adoption of set approaches to batting that may not cope with a deviation from the usual bowling attack.  I suspect that under age T20 competitions are more formulaic and teams are more susceptible to something different.