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Tannin, "little-known" is probably fair enough. --Robert Merkel 09:13 Jan 7, 2003 (UTC)
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)
"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)
Lol I could list a few things he's done prior to this that were unpopular and/or erroneous. ZPMMaker 09:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm sure you could. :-) Glad I've never made a mistake ;-) BenAveling 10:01, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
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
Somebody removed the link as "extremist". It is clearly highly critical of Bracks, but describing it as "extremist" seems rather harsh. I think it's probably relevant enough to add as an external link. --Robert Merkel 15:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
It seems Brackswatch is not the only site devoted to chronicling the Premier of Victoria and his government's alleged shortcomings. Maybe a link should be provided to Boot Out Bracks (which makes its position quite clear) at http://www.whitepage.com.au/Bracks41 Sites such as this surely give an indication of what some of the electorate are thinking and should therefore be pointed to. -- (James_Linton@fastmail.fm)
So many times material is removed which gives balance to the official Bracks propaganda, we the citizens of Victoria are entitled to give facts on what effects his real policies are having on us, even an W3C avalidity and accessibility test of the Bracks homepage is removed. Is Wicki just a servant of the Bracks' government media campaign. It makes Wicki worthless to remove all factual content relating to policies of his government. Leave Brackswatch and my entries on the world first drug testing of drivers, and the police state alone.
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.
I don't edit articles on Australian politicians (since I work for one), but I note the following textual infelicities which someone might like to fix.
No, he didn't say a word during the war, and so far as I know his Lebanese descent has had no influence on his politics. But that isn't the point. This isn't an article about Things which have influenced Steve Bracks' politics, it's a biography, and his ethnic descent is part of his biography. It doesn't have to be "relevant" to anything, any more than his date of birth is "relevant." The purpose of an encyclopaedia is to give information. Which bits of information are relevant to anything else is a matter for readers. Someone researching Overseas Lebanese and Their Success in Business and Politics would find the reference very relevant. Adam 13:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Incidentally, the only other Victorian Premier I can think of who was not of wholly Anglo-Scottish-Irish descent was Henry Bolte, who was of German descent. That fact is duly noted at his article. So is Morris Iemma's Italian parentage and Joh Bjelke-Petersen's Danish descent. Adam 14:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
So put in yourself and stop complaining. Adam 13:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I have broken my vow of abstinence from Australian politician articles since no-one fixed the various illiteracies and irrelevancies which cluttered this article. As the election approaches this article will require constant attention to stop people turning it into a mess of "what happened today and what I think about it." Adam 15:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Appears to need some changes rolled into it from at least: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Bracks&diff=prev&oldid=121155660 as entry has been vandalised
Just a quick link to an announcement. [1] --Joewski 03:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
The ABC website links to this Wikipedia article on their homepage.--cj | talk 02:41, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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)
Article lists Bracks as the Longest Serving Labor Premier of Victoria.
Linkqer (talk) 17:11, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
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)
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