Talk:Steve Bracks

message: He's been director of cbus since 2009, ref: https://www.cbussuper.com.au/about-us/how-were-run/board . In a recent Guardian article, he's commenting on politics /as the director of CBUS/ https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/15/scott-morrison-in-danger-of-becoming-a-climate-change-casualty-says-steve-bracks , so even though board memberships are usually pretty small in terms of hours, is this notable enough for inclusion? ~~ NcLean  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.200.6.72 (talk) 08:39, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Board memberships 

message: "In May 2003 Bracks made what many saw as his first serious error in office when he broke an election promise and announced that the proposed Scoresby Freeway in Melbourne's eastern suburbs would be a tollway rather than a freeway, as promised at the 2002 elections."
Certainly it was unpopular, but is it fair to say it was an error?
BenAveling 09:00, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tollway backdown 

message: In the intruduction it mentions that his wife's name is Terry, however in the info box it says he is married to Lyn Bracks. Does he practice polygamy or is there some sort of error here? gnpaaron
:Yes, there was an error, which has been fixed.  Thanks for pointing it out. --Robert Merkel 08:46, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spouse 

message: Describing Bracks as "Lebanese Australian is a misnomer. It should be noted that his Maternal grandparents were Lebanese, but describing him as being purely lebanses is incorrect—Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.137.56 (talk • contribs) . Any reference to is lebnese background is irrelevant. Do we say that John Howard is of Anglo-Celtic ancestry in Wikipedia? No. If perhaps Bracks had been born in Lebanon it would be relevant, but his ancestry has nof affected his plicies, or his character.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gullivers travels (talk • contribs) 
Bracks has passed a Religion and racial Vilification Act which prohibits free speech on race or religion, six months jails is the penalty, in light of his policy to jail Victorians for speaking about religion his religious background is relevant, why would he proposes such anti-free speech laws. Maybe he is from a strange Lebanese Catholic sect, it is a question worth asking in light of his laws against free speech.
: Hate speech isn't quite the same thing as 'free speech'. 1) Is there such such a thing as 'pure' Lebanese anyway? 2) WRT to the comment about John Howard's ancestry - perhaps it would be a good idea if his ethnic background was included in the article on him - clearly it has influenced his policies. 3) WRT Bracks' ancestry, media articles about him have often referred to his ancestry, because in multicultural Australia ethnicity is notable, so in that sense it meets WP notability criteria anyway. And if Bracks' ancestry is perceived not to have affected his policies, then perhaps that is something that could be noted in the article. Eyedubya 19:19, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lebanese Australian

message: Just a quick link to an announcement.  --Joewski 03:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steve resigns as premier announcement. 

message: There is no mention of the fact that the promise wasn't just broken for the hell of it - the rail system nearly collapsed at the end of the previous year when National Express broke its contract (signed during the Kennett privatisation push a few years earlier) and simply abandoned the railways and if I recall correctly one of the tram operators as well. Bracks kept the trains running on a tight funding leash initially and then basically bought the system back and leased it to Connex. The money to pay for this ended up having to come from the tolls, which is why that election promise had to be broken. My memory of what occurred is based on the news at the time and is so hazy that I don't wish to edit it into the article, but I feel that without some reference to the background circumstances, the section of the article presents a considerable and POV bias against Labor. At present the article's chosen list of issues, with the exception of the electoral reform, reads like a grab bag of the Liberals' rather specific beefs with the current government, rather than an actual evaluation of Bracks's performance over time. Orderinchaos 16:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  On broken promises... 

message: Article lists Bracks as the Longest Serving Labor Premier of Victoria. 
* John Cain II served 8 years, 124 days
* Steve Bracks served 7 years, 284 days
Linkqer (talk) 17:11, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Longest Serving Labor Premier???

message: It's been widely reported that she has revoked the appointment as Consul-General - but that can't be, because she has not yet been sworn in as Foreign Minister and has no power to take any such action.  All she can do at this stage is signal her intention to revoke the appointment as soon as she is in a position to do so, next week.  It's certainly prudent to let Bracks know this before the event, but that does not amount to a revocation at this stage.  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 04:20, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Julie Bishop's decision to revoke his appointment

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