Such was the ineptitude and mismanagement when Joan Kirner was Victoria’s Premier the state become known as the Albania of the south – named after a bankrupt, European socialist state ruled by a series of despots close to communist Russia.
As Melbourne wins the title of the world’s most locked-down city and Premier Daniel Andrews (aka Chairman Dan) continues to impose a draconian and inhumane response to the China virus we’re now known as the antipodean Venezuela — yet another socialist state ruled by the dictator President Maduro who, in addition to bankrupting the country, relies on the military to coerce the population and...
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