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State governments should be layer to go, says Kennett
Sydney :: Australia | 1 month ago
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Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett. Photo: Rebecca Hallas As the O'Farrell government lays the groundwork to slash the number of councils in NSW, the question has been asked: are we getting rid of the wrong layer of government?
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Force council cuts: Kennett
Victoria :: Seychelles | 1 month ago
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Mr Kennett's comments follow the release of the latest report by the Independent Local Government Review Panel, which proposed Sydney's 43 councils be reduced to 15 and the state's 152 councils to fewer than 100. It put forward a system of incentives,
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Kennett says Australia has failed on food
Adelaide :: Australia | 3 months ago
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S failure to become a major food supplier to Asia is a national disgrace, former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says. Mr Kennett has outlined three key issues he says Australia has not come to grips with, including a national agriculture policy, a
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Vic premier not fussed about criticism
Brisbane :: Australia | 4 months ago
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Premier Ted Baillieu has hit back at criticism of his leadership by former premier Jeff Kennett urging the ex-Liberal leader to "let go". Mr Kennett, a friend of Mr Baillieu, said the coalition government were not good communicators, and the premier
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Kennett slams 'far from good enough' Baillieu
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
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Former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett has launched a blistering critique of Premier Ted Baillieu's communication skills and his Government's media strategy. Mr Kennett, one of Mr Baillieu's closest political allies, said the Government's ability to
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Kennett to Dixon: Lay off the flying kangaroo
Sydney :: Australia | 7 months ago
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Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has waded into the spate between Qantas and Tourism Australia, urging the peak tourism agency's chairman Geoff Dixon to step down and get off the national carrier's back, a report says. Mr Kennett said Mr Dixon,
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You're all a bunch of whingers, Kennett says
Melbourne :: Australia | 9 months ago
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Jeff Kennett has called Melburnians a bunch of "squealers" for the public outcry yesterday when a technical fault forced the closure of Melbourne's two busiest road tunnels for most of the day, bringing parts of the city to a standstill. The former
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Two decades on, Jeff Kennett's legacy lingers
Melbourne :: Australia | 9 months ago
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October 1992 state election, The Age told readers it was time for change. The Labor government, led by Joan Kirner, had failed hopelessly. A deep recession gripped the state, Victoria's public sector debt had soared unchecked to $32 billion as
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Underground rail would be magic: Kennett
Brisbane :: Australia | 9 months ago
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Twenty years after being sworn in as the 43rd Victorian premier, Mr Kennett nominated building an underground rail network and working with the private sector on urban infrastructure as the two greatest renewal opportunities for the state. "If I was
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Dear AFL: can't you save us from it all?
Sydney :: Australia | 9 months ago
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Ball was praised for his bravery in ''coming out'', but Collingwood president Eddie McGuire was cool on the idea of another football campaign. ''I don't know how much further football can go when we've got elected leaders and leaders of churches and
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