#bencarroll — Public Fediverse posts
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Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/31/victorian-prisoners-to-be-sent-out-to-repair-roads-under-labors-pothole-plan #Victoria #VictorianPolitics #Prisons #BenCarroll #Transport #AustraliaNews #LaborParty
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Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentInmates would take over ‘basic’ road maintenance duties, allowing skilled crews to focus on fixing 500,000 potholes
#Victoria #Victorianpolitics #Prisons #BenCarroll #Transport #Australianews #Laborparty #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Controversial plans for a Daniel Andrews sculpture officially scrapped by Victorian government
By Petra StockThe $134,000 cost of the statue of the former Victorian premier has been heavily criticised by the Liberal opposition
#Victoria #Australianews #DanielAndrews #BenCarroll #Victorianpolitics #TheGuardian #PetraStock
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Controversial plans for a Daniel Andrews sculpture officially scrapped by Victorian government https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/29/controversial-plans-for-a-daniel-andrews-sculpture-officially-scrapped-by-victorian-government #Victoria #AustraliaNews #DanielAndrews #BenCarroll #VictorianPolitics
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Government to shut down independent body Infrastructure Victoria http://dlvr.it/TVCcLV #BreakingNews #RailNews #BenCarroll #victoria
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‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentPremier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolished
#Victorianpolitics #Victoria #Transport #BenCarroll #Australianews #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/27/labor-scrap-secret-public-transport-levy-suburban-loop-melbourne-victoria #VictorianPolitics #Victoria #Transport #BenCarroll #AustraliaNews
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Victorian Premier Ben Carroll to announce $2b in cuts to Suburban Rail Loop
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/suburban-rail-loop-project-ben-carroll-savings-2-billion/107073280Ben Carroll sure has a curious strategy in the run-up to this year's State Election: it appears he wants to make the Coalition redundant by himself acting as the Opposition party.
Today's brainfart from Ben Carroll is to hamstring the Suburban Rail Loop by slashing the scope and budget for essential infrastructure. His plan will drastically reduce the effectiveness of the SRL, and lock-in extra travel time for passengers.
This comes only days after Ben Carroll returned to his anti-worker Shoppie roots by saying he wants to axe plans to protect workers' rights to Work From Home. Remote work is contrary to Conservative dogma and return-to-office edicts of big business and rent-seeking property developers, so Ben Carroll was quick to oblige.
Good job, Benny, on your RWNJ election promises!
#AusPol #VicPol #BenCarroll #PublicTransport #SRL #SuburbanRailLoop #ReturnToOffice #WorkFromHome
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Ben Carroll to undermine Suburban Rail Loop removing key features http://dlvr.it/TV8s5w #BreakingNews #RailNews #SuburbanRailLoop #BenCarroll
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Victorian Labor promises free dental care if re-elected in Australia-first move
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentPremier Ben Carroll says $230m would be earmarked for 10 public dental clinics to operate on a walk-in basis
#Victorianpolitics #BenCarroll #Laborparty #Health #Australianews #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Victorian Labor promises free dental care if re-elected in Australia-first move https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/22/victoria-labor-free-dental-care-ben-carroll-election-promise #VictorianPolitics #BenCarroll #LaborParty #Health #AustraliaNews
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Victoria had bipartisan support for a legal right to work from home. So why has Ben Carroll kicked it down the road?
By Benita KolovosNew Victorian premier delays proposed right to work from home two days a week until next July, despite Coalition support
#Victorianpolitics #Workingfromhome #BenCarroll #Laborparty #Victoria #Industrialrelations #Australianpolitics #Australianeconomy #Business #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovos
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Cannabis, corruption probes and Daniel Andrews: Ben Carroll says scandals have eroded public trust – how will he fix it?
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentThe new Victorian premier has been called a centrist, a moderate, even ‘Kmart Keating’. If you ask him, Carroll says he’s responsible, progressive – but ‘evidence-based, not ideological’
#BenCarroll #Victorianpolitics #Laborparty #Victoria #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Victoria’s anti-corruption report reveals more grubby 'whatever it takes' politics than bombshell revelations | Jon Faine
By Jon FaineThere has been no finding of corrupt conduct, but a corrosive abuse of power, trashing of good governance and the abandonment of proper processes
#Victorianpolitics #Australianews #Australiantradeunions #Victoria #BenCarroll #DanielAndrews #TheGuardian #JonFaine
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The Labor right is back in power in Victoria. Where will its new ‘Kmart Keating’ premier take the state?
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentBen Carroll’s ascendance marks the first time the conservative faction has led the party since the Bracks – Brumby era
#Victorianpolitics #BenCarroll #Victoria #Australianews #JacintaAllan #Laborparty #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Ben Carroll will not rule out redirecting Suburban Rail Loop funds to other projects
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentNew Victorian premier also considering ‘sensible changes’ to laws that would enshrine right to work from home two days a week
#Victorianpolitics #BenCarroll #Australianews #Laborparty #Transport #Victoria #Industrialrelations #Business #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Ben Carroll will not rule out redirecting Suburban Rail Loop funds to other projects https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/30/ben-carroll-victoria-suburban-rail-loop-funds-srl-wfh-laws #VictorianPolitics #BenCarroll #AustraliaNews #LaborParty #Transport #Victoria #IndustrialRelations #Business
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Daniel Andrews says Ben Carroll ‘can win’ Victoria election in rare public statement https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/29/daniel-andrews-statement-ben-carroll-victoria-state-election-ntwnfb #VictorianPolitics #DanielAndrews #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #BenCarroll #Victoria #JacintaAllan #OneNation
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Daniel Andrews says Ben Carroll ‘can win’ Victoria election in rare public statement
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentFormer leader shows support for new Victorian premier while paying tribute to Jacinta Allan
#Victorianpolitics #DanielAndrews #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #BenCarroll #Victoria #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Ben Carroll will want to distance himself from Jacinta Allan’s unpopularity – but will that be enough to save Victorian Labor? | Jon Faine
By Jon FaineAnother female politician has fallen to opinion polls and factional leaders as the spectre of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation hovers over all
#BenCarroll #Victorianpolitics #Australianpolitics #JacintaAllan #Australianews #Laborparty #OneNation #TheGuardian #JonFaine
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Royal commission into Victorian construction sector could boost Labor’s chances at state election, expert says
By Josh TaylorCommission promised by new premier would be an ‘important signal’ for voters that the government was acting on alleged corruption
#Victorianpolitics #Laborparty #BenCarroll #JacintaAllan #Australianews #TheGuardian #JoshTaylor
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Royal commission into Victorian construction sector could boost Labor’s chances at state election, expert says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/29/royal-commission-into-victorian-construction-sector-could-boost-labors-chances-at-state-election-expert-says #VictorianPolitics #LaborParty #BenCarroll #JacintaAllan #AustraliaNews
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After 48 hours of acrimony, Ben Carroll’s U-turn for the ages needs to set Victoria on a new course
By Benita KolovosThe newly minted premier must convince voters that he doesn’t represent more of the same
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/28/ben-carroll-premier-u-turn-victoria-labor
#Victorianpolitics #Australianews #Laborparty #BenCarroll #JacintaAllan #Victoria #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovos
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This morning, Jacinta Allan stepped aside as Premier of Victoria, and Ben Carroll was sworn-in promptly.
Ben Carroll becoming Premier is a regressive step for Victoria. He's a Shoppie who used to work with Stephen Conroy.
I'm tipping Victorians can expect Ben Carroll to offer:
- Talk about caring for the working-class, while actually suppressing wages and rights of workers, especially young and low income people.
- Centrist concessions to RWNJs.
- Erosion of the rights and protections for minorities such as LGBTQIA+ people.
- Pandering to conservative religious dogma on issues such as women's health, contraception, and abortion.
- Ignorant meddling with Tech, such as censorship, NBN/broadband, and whatever is happening with AI.
- Bizarre legislative carve-outs and gifts to big business.
- Further entrenchment of the gambling industry. -
Deputy Premier Ben Carroll tells Jacinta Allan he would put hand up to become Victoria's next Labor leader
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-27/victorian-premier-jacinta-allan-future-labor-mps-meet/106960880Last week, the media said there'll be a Victorian ALP spill.
Initially, Ben Carroll said no.
Then he said only if there's a vacancy.
Today, he said Spill.
He should know better than to take advice from the media. It's the end of his career, and bad for Labor in the lead-up to an election.There's been so much bad political reporting. They pushed conspiracy theories that Victoria's "Big Build" infrastructure projects are so Jacinta Allan's government can give millions to the perennial threat, "Bikie Gangs".
Nationally, the media's normalising neo-nazis. They hyped One Nation becoming the Opposition and Pauline Hanson becoming PM. But polls show the media's pump-up for One Nation fizzling.
I wish the media would stick to reporting on facts, and stop thinking they can steer the direction of politics.
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institutional figures reflect on the event — Il Globo
The tricolour still shines bright, even on the other side of the world. The allure of Italy never fades:…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianpicnicfood #BenCarroll #EvanMulholland #Italia #Italian #Italianfesta&expo #italianpicnicfood #italianpicnicrecipes #italiano #italy #MarcoFedi. #MelbourneItalianfesta #PaoloCrudele #picnicfood #picnicrecipes
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2523311/institutional-figures-reflect-on-the-event-il-globo/ -
Cranbourne line extension fight returns as election year looms http://dlvr.it/TQQtJ1 #BreakingNews #RailNews #Uncategorized #BenCarroll
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Myki meltdown: Millions wasted as company abandons tech upgrade http://dlvr.it/TJQ3M1 #BreakingNews #RailNews #BenCarroll #Conduent
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The Legacy of Ben Carroll’s time at Vicroads massive trucks on our streets http://dlvr.it/THjGgk #RailNews #Trucking #BenCarroll #JacintaAllan