Posted on 11/24/2021 8:06:41 PM PST by naturalman1975
A fourth MP has quit Daniel Andrews' Labor ranks with more resignations expected in the coming days.
Mr Andrews on Thursday announced Planning Minister Richard Wynne would not be contesting the next election on Thursday.
Mr Wynne issued a statement thanking his family and his political party for their support over the years.
'I'm proud to be a part of this socially progressive, reforming government - but I am focusing on the next 12 months,' the minister said.
'If you believe in social progress, there is always more work to be done.'
It comes hot on the heels of former Attorney-General and Altona MP Jill Hennessy, Yan Yean MP Danielle Green and Ringwood MP Dustin Halse announcing they wouldn't seek re-election.
Others may not seek re-election, with Broadmeadows MP Frank Maguire and Narre Warren North MP Luke Donnellan rumoured to be considering their futures, the Herald Sun reports.
Mr Donnellan quit the cabinet in October after an anti-corruption hearing heard claims he paid for party membership fees on behalf of others as part of a branch-stacking operation.
The place of former ministers Marlene Kairouz and Robin Scott, who both featured in anticorruption hearings into taxpayer-funded staff, also remains up in the air.
Labor MPs have been asked to reveal their plans to run by the end of the week, with the national executive to decide on candidates in both houses by December 3.
The exodus has raised fears Labor could lose their comfortable majority - despite a recent Newspoll predicting Mr Andrews remains on track to win a third term.
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It would be nice to think this is part of some revolt against Andrew's totalitarian tendencies.
It would also be nice to think it might be a sign of rats deserting a sinking ship and maybe there's some revelations on widespread corruption in the Labor government coming - there's plenty of fishy stuff going on, but none of it has really stuck so far - maybe that's going to change.
But I really don't know of anything beyond these announcements to support either of those ideas. Maybe it is just all a coincidence.
Still, any disruption in the Labor government is good for the conservative side of politics.
I’ll bet Mark Steyn could put all this in perspective.
You may have a Deep State that has been able to operate in secret a little longer than America's Deep Swamp has been.
In “On the Beach”, the survivors came to Australia. Where do the Australians go?
To clarify, the is referring to Daniel Andrews, the Premier of Victoria and the Labor Government of the State of Victoria.
To be clear, I meant I have no idea about the internal workings of the Labor Party and what these MPs are thinking.
I do have a very good idea about a lot of other stuff :)
What would powerfully-placed people do if they believed the End was coming? How close would the End have to be for them to quit their highly-coveted positions?
These are not the first anomalous resignations from government positions or CEO jobs in the past few years.
A certain letter of the alphabet has addressed this phenomenon. There are lists maintained. The obvious implication is that this is happening in response to inside knowledge.
I appreciate your informative posts from Australia.
Whenever I hear the phrase “social progress” I know that the person who spoke it is the lowest form of slime.
EXCELLENT questions! They, and many, many others, realized that we've reached the terminal phase of financial collapse.
“If you believe in social progress, there is always more work to be done.”
They’re like rust.
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