ELECTIONS – VICTORIA

Stop market rejig

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Original article by Wendy Tuohy
Herald Sun – Page: 4 : 17-Apr-18

Pollster Gary Morgan says Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market will become "Queen Victoria Chadstone" if a proposed $A250 million re-development goes ahead. Morgan, who is running for the position of Melbourne lord mayor, agrees with fellow candidate Sally Warhaft that the development should not proceed. Warhaft and Morgan, who had not met before the mayoral campaign, have urged voters to treat the by-election as a referendum on the market’s future. Morgan says Melbourne will lose a major tourist attraction if the re-development proceeds.

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CITY OF MELBOURNE, QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, ROY MORGAN LIMITED

No action on Labor MP rorts

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Original article by Benjamin Preiss, Adam Carey, Noel Towell
The Age – Page: 1 : 22-Mar-18

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says nobody should lose their job over the misuse of taxpayers’ funds during the 2014 state election campaign. He notes that the report of Ombudsman Deborah Glass made no recommendations about taking further action against any individual. Her investigation found that some field organisers were employed full-time by Labor while also being employed for two days a week as electorate officers on the public payroll. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy says the government ministers responsible for the $A388,000 rort should resign.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, LIBERAL PARTY OF VICTORIA, VICTORIAN GREENS

Melbourne byelection for lord mayor announced after Doyle resignation

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Original article by Rachel Eddie
The New Daily – Page: Online : 14-Feb-18

Victoria’s Acting Local Government Minister Martin Pakula has confirmed that a postal vote to elect Melbourne’s new Lord Mayor will be held on 12 May. The by-election follows the resignation of former lord mayor Robert Doyle over sexual harassment allegations. Possible contenders for Lord Mayor include Property Council head Sally Capp, Phil Cleary and acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood. Pollster Gary Morgan will be a candidate. Morgan says he ran against Doyle three times, and had argued on each occasion that Doyle was not a "fit and proper" person to be Melbourne’s Lord Mayor. Morgan was the only candidate to put Doyle last for preferences.

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MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL, ROY MORGAN LIMITED, PROPERTY COUNCIL OF VICTORIA

Byelection win boosts Greens

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Original article by Georgie Moore
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 20-Nov-17

The Greens will now have three seats in Victoria’s lower house, following their strong win in the Northcote by-election on 18 November. With nearly 80 per cent of the votes counted, Greens candidate Lidia Thorpe led Labor’s candidate Claire Burns 56 per cent-44 per cent on a two-party preferred basis. Labor had previously held the seat, with the by-election resulting from the death of Fiona Richardson in August. The swing against Labor was over 10 per cent, while Thorpe becomes the first Aboriginal women to win a seat in the Victorian Parliament.

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Green foes hit ACTU chief’s bid for seat

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Original article by Ewin Hannan, Samantha Hutchinson
The Australian – Page: 4 : 28-Sep-17

Ged Kearney will step down as president of the ACTU in July 2018 to become the Australian Labor Party’s candidate for the lower house seat of Brunswick at the Victorian election. Labor holds the seat with a margin of 2.2 per cent, and incumbent Jane Garrett will seek to move to the upper house. However, the Greens are gaining support in Melbourne’s inner-city and are seen as a real threat in the seat of Brunswick. Kearney had been widely tipped to pursue a seat in federal parliament if she entered politics.

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ACTU, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Ditch lord mayoral car and walk, say Melbourne City Council candidates

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Original article by Clay Lucas
The Age – Page: Online : 5-Oct-16

Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has rejected suggestions that the office-holder’s official car and driver should be dumped. Councillor Ken Ong, Phil Cleary and pollster Gary Morgan are among the candidates for lord mayor who argue that an official car is not needed and the incumbent should travel by public transport or on foot. However, Doyle says the role of lord mayor requires attendance at meetings and functions across Melbourne. Meanwhile, Morgan argues that one four-year term as lord mayor is sufficient. Doyle is seeking his third term.

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MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL

Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle to take on ‘unholy alliance’ of opponents

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Original article by John Masanauskas
Herald Sun – Page: Online : 27-Sep-16

Team Morgan, Team Melbourne, the Greens and Phil Cleary have secured preference deals with each other in the lead-up to the Melbourne City Council election in October 2016. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle is seeking a record third term, and Team Doyle member Nick Reece says Melbourne could become "clown hall" if Doyle is defeated. However, lord mayoral candidate Gary Morgan says Melbourne is already "clown hall" under Doyle. The pollster argues that Doyle is not a suitable person to be lord mayor, noting that there are conflict of interest issues with Team Doyle.

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MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, PACIFIC BRANDS LIMITED

Gary Morgan for Melbourne Lord Mayor & Team Morgan to launch Melbourne Council Election campaign

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Sep-16

Media and friends are invited to the Team Morgan official launch at 11am next Monday September 26 at 401 Collins St. Lord Mayoral candidate Gary Morgan and his Deputy Michael O’Brien and Team Morgan’s Councillor candidates Dr. Jackie Watts, Michael Kennedy and Farida Fleming will present their range of policies to reinvigorate the City of Melbourne after eight years of incumbent Robert Doyle. Team Morgan’s key policies include retaining the historic Queen Victoria Market, putting a stop to the wasteful Melbourne Council spending including over $100 million mooted for new Council offices and amending the City of Melbourne Code of Conduct to prevent what current Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle did over the last four years which included spending $28,000+ on his Melbourne Council credit card for his own personal expenses.

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MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF MELBOURNE, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

ALP favoured to win Victorian Election but late surge to Liberals continues. A close election will be decided on minor party preferences

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 28-Nov-14

An SMS Morgan Poll on state voting intention one day before the 2014 Victorian election has found that support for the Coalition and the Australian Labor Party on a two-party preferred basis is level at 50 per cent each. Support for the Coalition has fallen by 1.6 per cent since the 2010 election, while support for Labor has risen by the same margin. The poll, which was carried out on 26-27 November, also shows that 50.5 per cent of electors now believe that Denis Napthine would make the better Premier. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan says the closeness of the Morgan Poll means that minor parties’ preferences will play a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of the election

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF VICTORIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN SEX PARTY, FAMILY FIRST PARTY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, COUNTRY ALLIANCE, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Dan Andrews set to be new Victorian Premier in a week’s time

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 21-Nov-14

An SMS Morgan Poll on state voting intention ahead of the 2014 Victorian election has found that support for the Australian Labor Party on a two-party preferred basis has risen by 1.5 per cent to 55 per cent. The poll, which was carried out on 19-20 November, also shows that support for the Coalition has fallen by 1.5 per cent to 45 per cent. Meanwhile, 52.5 per cent of electors now believe that Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews would make the better Premier. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan says the Coalition Government may be the state’s first one-term government since the 1950s

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF VICTORIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN SEX PARTY, FAMILY FIRST PARTY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET