Ted Baillieu

Melbourne blooming

29 March 2012 | Joe Aston

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The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show has opened at the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens and runs until Sunday. The official breakfast was a hotbed of Melebrities – Premier Ted Baillieu, Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, agriculture minister Peter Walsh as well as Jenny Craig CEO Amy Smith, garden doyen Don Burke, Better Homes & Gardens host Jason Hodges and 2GB commentator Graham Ross.

Brewing boss on tap to select few

19 January 2012 | Sarah Thompson and Stephen Shore

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It’s been a month since SABMiller officially took the keys to Foster’s Group and visiting Melbourne on Wednesday (and today) is Graham Mackay, the man at the helm of the world’s second-biggest brewer.

A real BBQ stopper

17 January 2012 |

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Getting a headline from the Siberia that is opposition often requires serious chutzpah and entrepreneurial flair.

Mixed-up message

09 December 2011 |

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Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and his deputy Peter Ryan could benefit from improved co-ordination after the release of a report on the flood disaster of last summer.

Baillieu’s battle scars

29 November 2011 |

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There was happy news for Victoria’s rugby fans with Premier Ted Baillieu announcing Melbourne would host the British and Irish Lions for two games in 2013.

Ted logs a job for brother-in-law

01 November 2011 |

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Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu finally released his government’s new fundraising code of conduct over the weekend.

Hospital to get royal touch

19 October 2011 |

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About 500 Melbourne notables gathered on Monday night to celebrate the pending opening of the overhaul of the Royal Children’s Hospital.

Elliott in blokey, blue-ribbon bash

05 October 2011 |

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It was a blokey, blue-ribbon affair at John Elliott’s multiple parties held over the weekend in Melbourne to celebrate his 70th birthday.

Baillieu and G men get their kicks

22 September 2011 |

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Spring time is finals time in Melbourne, if you have to ask which code then you are not invited.

Victoria so liberal with board spots

16 September 2011 |

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It wasn’t that long ago Victorian coalition members were complaining the old Labor government kept appointing party hacks to the boards of government entities.

$1 billion hospital deal for Plenary

13 September 2011 | Sarah Thompson, Christine Lacy and Stephen Shore

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Like many dealings with Ted Baillieu’s government in Victoria, the contract process for its new Comprehensive Cancer Centre has been an exercise in patience.

AFL gets goal kick from three bigwigs

09 September 2011 |

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Well, it had to be big – well, big for Melbourne, anyway. Three of the heaviest hitters in town were at the Crown Casino for an AFL Brownlow Medal announcement.

Ted turns back the clock

10 August 2011 |

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With Ted Baillieu at the mike, there were probably more Young Liberals in the trendy but grungy Melbourne pub the Tote Hotel than in the live music venue’s long history.

It’s tough being a tall poppy

01 August 2011 |

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Ted Baillieu has a tough gig. Not only does he have to run Victoria, he has to put up with people teasing him about his height and weight.

Brumby concedes defeat

29 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Updated | Victorian Premier John Brumby has officially conceded his government cannot win power, clearing the way for the installation of a Coalition government.

Baillieu set to claim victory

29 November 2010 | Mat Dunckley

Victoria votes | Members of Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu’s shadow cabinet began assembling at Parliament House on Monday morning in anticipation that the weekend’s election will be called in the Coalition’s favour later in the afternoon.

Leaders perform juggling act on final campaign day

26 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | There was time for one more blitz of marginal seats on Friday for both Victorian Premier John Brumby and Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu as they laid out their final pitches for power in Saturday’s state election.

Familiar themes dominate campaign’s dying days

23 November 2010 | Mathew Dunkley

Victoria votes | With four days to go until the Victorian election, Premier John Brumby and Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu are trying to play up their central messages to the electorate.

Costings, desal dispute dog Brumby

18 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | John Brumby is facing a tough day on the campaign trail amid questions over his government’s failure to abide by caretaker conventions on costings and a potentially nasty industrial dispute.

No knock-out blows in campaign set pieces

17 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | Following Labor’s campaign launch in Bendigo, the state election set pieces are almost done and dusted, and so far neither Ted Baillieu nor John Brumby has created a game changing moment.

Brumby returns to roots for Labor launch

16 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | All roads lead to Bendigo on the Victorian election campaign trail on Tuesday. It is here that Premier John Brumby will formally launch Labor’s campaign for re-election.

Baillieu hits Labor with Myki at town hall event

10 November 2010 | Matthew Dunkley

Victoria votes | Hospitals, transport, water, crime and even Tiger Woods were on voters’ minds when they had the opportunity to tackle Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu in a town hall meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

Budget numbers laid bare in Vic election

09 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | The Victorian election campaign will reach a pivotal moment on Tuesday when the Department of Treasury and Finance releases its pre-election budget update.

Health takes centre stage in Victorian election

08 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | Victorian Premier John Brumby has pledged a $1.5 billion boost to health services if his Labor government is re-elected on November 27.

Off and racing in Victoria

02 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victoria votes | It is day one of the election campaign in Victoria. Not that anyone in the state is likely to take too much notice.

Brumby makes $194m skills pledge

02 November 2010 | Mathew Dunckley

Victorian Premier John Brumby has mounted an election campaign blitz on business promising a $194 million boost for vocational training in the latest of a string of promises aimed at burnishing his government’s economic credentials ahead of the November 27 poll.

Labor ahead on points

01 November 2010 | Jason Murphy

The Brumby government’s primary vote has fallen to 35, below the Liberal Party’s at 36, as voters desert Labor for the Greens, Newspoll revealed last week.