The Australian (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Ted Baillieu was forced ring-around his MPs to try to quell calls for a special party meeting over his handling of the blogging crisis.
Blogocracy (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
A WEBSITE devoted to attacking Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu has been traced to Victorian Liberal headquarters, triggering the dismissal of two staff members, including state director Julian Sheezel's most senior adviser. A secret inquiry launched last month linked the website — hewhostandsfornothing.blogspot .com — to two computers at 104 Exhibition Street, the location of the Victorian branch...
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu pledges to purge the Victorian Liberal Party of traitors.
The Australian (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
VICTORIAN Liberal Leader Ted Baillieu has declared two staff sacked for undermining his leadership did not act alone and has ordered a full-blown investigation to purge the party of traitors.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
ANOTHER email scandal has emerged within the ranks of the Victorian Liberal Party, plunging Ted Baillieu's leadership into further turmoil.
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The purge of the Victorian Liberals promised by leader Ted Baillieu has claimed its fourth victim.
The Australian (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
THE war within the Liberal Party has claimed another scalp, with a former federal staffer and flatmate of one of the sacked bloggers forced to quit the party for criticising state leader Ted Baillieu.
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
An interesting dust-up in Australia. We noted earlier the vile anti-Semitic comments of Liberal Susan Chandler and now we have a full-blown purge over a blogging scandal. Break out the popcorn.THE purge of Liberals involved in undermining Victorian leader Ted Baillieu could reach into the offices of state or federal MPs, with several more staffers under threat of explusion over the blogging
The Australian (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
THE crisis in the Victorian Libs has deepened with claims a staffer allied to Ted Baillieu called a candidate a "greedy f...ing Jew".
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Website devoted to attacking Ted Baillieu traced to Victorian Liberal headquarters.
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A website devoted to attacking Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu traced to Victorian Liberal headquarters, triggering the dismissal of two staff members.
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Now Mr Sheezel's chances are being described as somewhere between terminal and somewhat dimmed after two men who worked for him were linked to a website operating from the Liberal Party's headquarters. The website, entitled hewhostandsfornothing.blogspot.com, was less than flattering to the state Opposition Leader, Ted Baillieu, and senior Victorian party figures.
AnonymousLefty (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
I wrote a post earlier this afternoon with a bit of detail regarding the Liberal infighting over Ted Baillieu and his staff who hate him . But I couldn't bring myself to upload it. Who cares? Sure, it's amusing to see gormless twits getting stuck into their leader because he's not extreme enough for them, but it's strangely more sad than titillating. Even when the white-anting takes on this...
Auspundits (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
General info - Been very busy in the last few weeks, hence the low blogging volume. Hopefully, I can pick things up again going forward. The Liberal Party in Victoria has sacked two staff members from its campaign unit to "publicly [undermine] the party's leader", Ted Baillieu. Now, being a NSW Young Liberal, this was concerning at first from a free speech angle, until it dawned on me that they...
