Deadly Funny 2011: Deadly Finals

April 22, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: Australia, comedy, Deadly Funny, Indigenous Australians, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, MICF, Victoria

NOTE: This post was first published on theangle.org on 20/04/2011 Saturday saw the finals of Deadly Funny for 2011. It saw more amazing comedic talent emerge from Australia’s Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities. In the lead up to these finals there were workshops and previews. There were also a bunch of heats and state [...]

Leaderless in Victoria

April 19, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: democracy, environment, Melbourne, Nationals, politics, public policy, public transport, state government, Ted Baillieu, transparency, Victoria, Victorian Liberals, voters

Ted Baillieu might be Premier but it’s hard to say what he’s been up to. It’s been well over 100 days since Mr Baillieu won government in Victoria for the Liberal-Nationals coalition (they apparently have a small ‘c’ coalition). There doesn’t seem to have been much done by the new government. There’s no real idea [...]

Metro Trains PR fail

April 11, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: Metro Trains, public transport, rail infrastructure, state government, Victoria

Metro Trains is pushing its PR people hard with their latest effort to overcome spectacularly poor service outcomes.  Tonight, Channel 9 news will have a ‘expose’ of why our public transport network is so terribly ineffective and inefficient. And  the new provider is picking up some tips from the old provider by blaming the hooligans [...]