DO NOTHING GOVERNMENT FOLLOWS COALITION POLICY – AGAIN

Three weeks after the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition announced its policy to immediately establish a register of lobbyists to ensure the highest standards of probity and integrity in Victorian public life, the Brumby Government has been shamed into finally fulfilling a Labor election promise made three years ago.

Labor paid lip service to the implementation of a lobbyists register, promising it at the 2006 election and again in 2007. Labor also promised a new all-party parliamentary committee at the 2006 election to investigate government integrity and recommend improvements. Read the rest of this entry »

John Brumby should immediately cancel his wasteful Working Victoria advertising binge and redirect the millions of dollars in proceeds to Victorian hospitals, public transport and policing, Shadow Minister responsible for Scrutiny of Government David Davis said today.

“John Brumby’s outrageous taxpayer-funded Working Victoria advertising blitz does not create one new job for a single Victorian outside the big advertising agencies, who will be rubbing their hands with glee at this latest Labor ad splurge,” Mr Davis said. Read the rest of this entry »

Documents reveal that one of the Premiers top bureaucrats admitted that the Brumby Government’s spin machine has grown into ‘an army’ and is working hard to conceal the government’s failures on basic services, Shadow Minister Responsible for Scrutiny of Government David Davis said today. Read the rest of this entry »

John Brumby’s failure to introduce a register of lobbyists in Victoria marks 1000 days since Labor promised such a register in the 2006 election and is another black mark in Labor’s sorry record of hiding from public scrutiny.

“Today marks 1000 days since Labor promised to introduce a lobbyist register in Victoria, a period in which Labor has continued to hide its grubby deals from public gaze,” Shadow Minister responsible for Scrutiny of Government David Davis said today. Read the rest of this entry »

The most recent measures of faecal pollution in the Yarra River showed disturbing levels of bacterial contamination in the last fortnight, with unacceptably high levels of E.coli at almost every sampling point on the river, Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change David Davis said today.

“Readings from the Yarra River taken on 5 August 2009 showed levels of faecal contamination massively above acceptable levels, a pattern repeated in almost every reading taken this year,” Mr Davis said. Read the rest of this entry »