cam, 234 words, 2 comments, Changes in Government Graphs, Victoria, States

Victoria has been dominated by Liberal and anti-Labor parties for most of its electoral history. It is only in the last twenty years that Labor has become competitive in the state.

The state was sufficiently anti-Labor that there was a competitive electoral market for many non-labor parties such as the Conservative Party, the Reform Party, the Country Party, the UAP, the Electoral Reform Party (which held a minority government for a few days) and the Liberal and Country party. The latter held government for 27 years until the Liberals were able to win government on their own in 1972. (more)

cam, 326 words, 3 comments, CFC2, Constitution Fun Challenge 2, Local Government, Victoria

The Victorian Local Government Act has a pretty good set of objectives, roles and functions for a Local Council, far better than the NSW legislation. (more)

cam, 339 words, 0 comments, Water, Victoria, Melbourne, Water Conservation, Recycling

Victoria has had a dry winter and already water restrictions are being tabled for the city with John Thwaites saying, " It is very likely that we will need to go onto stage one restrictions from the first of September. We indicated at the beginning of the month that unless we got average rainfall or above average rainfall for August, we would need to be on the restrictions, and unfortunately we've had below average rainfall through August. ". (more)