It seems Bracksie and I belong to the same faction.
Jamie - the other Max | 07.27.07 - 10:45 pm | #

Well, as Premier, I did the best I could, and they weren't my decisions. They were all cabinet decisons ( so if anything is bad, I won't wear the flack alone). Well, maybe it wasn't enough. So, now Hymie says goodbye and the man who missed it by that much, Maxswell Smart, can have a go.
Hymie ( of Get Smart) | 07.28.07 - 12:02 am | #

Hear hear. He was a model for how a moderate Labor Govt is always better than a lefty or Liberal government.
Pill | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 12:28 am | #

Phil, you have got to be joking?!

A Liberal Government is preferable to an ALP Governemnt, "moderate" or otherwise, any day.
Anon | 07.28.07 - 2:43 am | #

It's not intended thus, but the greatest praise Bracks has received is that he didn't do much. Give us more politicians whose most influential acts are to sound and look agreeable, hold the reins on idjits and evil-doers in their midst and keep out of the way of the useful and creative.
slatts | 07.28.07 - 12:52 pm | #

He made Labor electable in Victoria again and for that alone will always be a hero.
GoodluckBracksy | 07.28.07 - 1:16 pm | #

Now we know why they spent up so big on their recent overseas jaunts.

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Noel Jackson | 07.28.07 - 4:13 pm | #

Kirner's comments in the media over the past 36 hours on Steve's resignation a joke, talking on what constitutes a good state leader is something she knows nothing of.
Anonymous | 07.28.07 - 8:23 pm | #

Maybe the truth is that he lives in the same country as Brian Burke and had to go
liquidator | 07.29.07 - 9:13 am | #

Bracks and Thwaites resign on the same day....how long until the scandalous truth on this one leaks out. Drunken sons don't topple administrations. Acts of corruption do. Don't kid yourselves OC readers. There's much more to this than meets the eye.
Anon | 07.29.07 - 9:56 pm | #

What the fuck are you on about Landeryou!

Bracks was not a patriot nor was he any good for anyone

Bracks like the government he ran is a disgrace to all

Fuck the ALP and the dogs they are.
Mohammed El-Jihad | 07.30.07 - 11:08 am | #

Both Thwaites and Bracks should time their resignation to allow any by-election to take place simultaneous with the federal election saving the pubic hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs.
The Electorate | 07.30.07 - 1:20 pm | #

Better still - Bracks and Thwaits should have resigned before the November 2006 elections saving us all the expense of a by election......
Councillor Cnut | 07.30.07 - 1:29 pm | #