Forget sleaze and innuendo, just pick a water fight

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Title: Forget sleaze and innuendo, just pick a water fight
Author(s): Costar, Brian
Abstract: By the November 27, 2010, Victorian state election the ALP will have been in power for 11 continuous years. If it wins that election and lasts until 2014, it will have been in power for 25 of the 32 years from 1982. The Kennett government will then look like a very aberrant neo-liberal regime and Henry Bolte's 1960s boast that "Victoria was the jewel in the Liberal Party's crown" will sound very odd to generations of voters. Is the result of the next election as predictable as its date?
Publication type: Newspaper article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Institute for Social Research
Source: The Age, 31 May 2009
Publication year: 2009
Keyword(s): ALP; Australia; Australian Labor Party; Brimbank Council; Corruption; Crown Casino; Elections; Local government; Scandal; State government; Politics; Victoria; Water policy
Publisher: Fairfax
Publisher URL: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/forget-sleaze-and-innuendo-just-pick-a-water-fight-20090530-br1r.html