Showing posts with label Richmond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richmond. Show all posts

Friday, November 19, 2010

Sure, absolutely, right. What was it he said?

Is Dick Wynne pregnant or is that just a sympathy ploy? (Dick time to lose some weight and exercise your suffering Parliament House Ministers disease mate) Dick said nothing about his portfolio of responsibility - Local Government, nor did he explain why Labor proposes no change in local government boundaries? This is one issue that Labor has not, but should have addressed. The concept of a Greater Melbourne taking in the State seats of Melbourne, Richmond Prahran and Albert Park is long over due and must be debated if Victoria is to move forward. Richard your community has been asking for some action and change but you have not been able to get it anything done. You should have been preslected for Melbourne not Richmond.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Pike and Wynne secure "the donkey' advantage

Pike, Wynne score top spot on ballot paper

Source ABC
 
There has been a surprise boost for the re-election campaigns of two state Labor ministers.

Both Melbourne MP Bronwyn Pike and the member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, have drawn the top spot on their ballot paper.

Studies suggest being first on a ballot can increase a candidate's vote by as much as one per cent.

Ms Pike, the Education Minister, holds Melbourne by a slim margin of just two per cent. She is under threat from Greens candidate Brian Walters, a well-known barrister. Mr Wynne, the Housing Minister holds Richmond by just 3.6 per cent. He is standing against a strong group of candidates including local businessman Tom McFeely for the Liberals, local councillor Stephen Jolly and Kathleen Maltzahn for the Greens.