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- Surely they can't be serious
- Career changes: From butcher to opera singer
- If Jesus walked into Neil Mitchell's studio...
- Greg Davies steps down as Victoria Police Association Secretary
- Kids and sports betting: The AFL & state government have a problem
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- fay silk on The King Kong stunt that terrified Neil ... not king kong. It would take more than a stunt to make me see this rubbish. more
- fay silk on If Jesus walked into Neil Mitchell's ... the gay marriage debate is a smoke screen so that secret policies such as Agenda 21 don't get a word spoken about them. more
- Sinbad on Ambulance Service in crisis: one hour ... 'Fruitloop' continues with her illogical, inaccurate and generally offensive tirades against anything in uniform, in a ... more
- Glenn on Surely they can't be serious If men want to wear dresses why not? Some women have been dressing like men for years. It's true most blokes have pretty ... more
- PJ on If Jesus walked into Neil Mitchell's ... Labor could have brought in Equal Marriage 6 years ago. It's only talking about it now, today, because we're 4 months out ... more
- jgl Melb on If Jesus walked into Neil Mitchell's ... "If Jesus walked into the studio"...Hang on didn't Hinch get the flick a while back? more
- Henry on Kids and sports betting: The AFL & ... The majority of advertisements on web sites are automatically generated based on the content of the page as well as past ... more
- Frank Varga on Sandy Roberts isn't racist, his Indian ... Just as well that they don't show re-runs of the Paul Hogan Show any more. Poor old Hoges would be referred to as a ... more
- mylene on Greg Davies steps down as Victoria ... Bring back Paul 'The Fish' Mullett. :) more
- mylene on If Jesus walked into Neil Mitchell's ... How ridiculous. Everybody knows Jesus is a 774 listener :p more
- Sarah on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... What the hell is Greg saying I had to re-read it three times to understand his point, which I still do not understand. more
- mylene on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... Blaming the dead guy is an old tactic. That Neil fell for it is just pathetic. more
- Sophie on Kids and sports betting: The AFL & ... I agree, but I must say that I hate all the 3AW promotion of sports betting. I know you have no say in this Neil, but on the ... more
- lesson in manners needed on Ambulance Service in crisis: one hour ... They were probably drinking coffee, which is what they do, with the age group employed now. Also observed sipping coffee at ... more
- Greg on Greg Davies steps down as Victoria ... Has anyone thought about a Police Officer being the Secretary of the Victoria Police Association being a conflict of ... more
- Barry on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... Kevin who? We all thought he was not an invertebrate or is he not really because to be able to wriggle that much when it ... more
- Linda on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... One thing Mitchell missed this morning to get a horror circus trio: Dr Failure Hewson believes he can review his position as ... more
- Gina on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... Talking about YUK?When you use your mouth as a toilet hole or stick stuff in what would be your toilet device then review ... more
- Matt - proudly Un-Australian on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... @Faye, totally agree, these mindless fools who worship a sky fairy have the nerve to tell other people how to live their ... more
- jgl Melb on An outbreak of common sense: Kevin Rudd ... @GREG...WTF?? more
Government finds money for Crime Stoppers at eleventh hour
This is another example of the style of the Baillieu government. This is ugly, sloppy, lazy and indecisive.
Crime Stoppers is a great institution which catches crooks. Since it started it has led to 60,000 arrests; There were 14,000 calls trying to help over the Jill Meagher case alone.
It leads to seizures of goods with hundreds of millions, but it struggles for money. It needs a maximum of $500,000 a year to survive, and it was in danger.
Corporate Australia doesn’t help which is amazing – they should throw money at it. And the Baillieu government was sitting on its hands for months as Crime Stoppers was headed into oblivion.
And finally yesterday, when the organisation decided to go public, when they ran out of patience, with the Herald Sun and this program, within an hour of them telling government they were about to go public, guess what: the government found some money. That stinks.
The government mucked around for months, the future of Crime Stoppers was endangered and within an hour of a plan to go public and beg for help, the Baillieu government acted.
That is not government, that is crisis management. That is ridiculous.
