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If I was Premier, the message I’d be sending to CFA volunteers is: we stand by you, we stand by your budget, we stand by the work that you do and we stand by the input that volunteers have to the CFA. |
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Ted Baillieu is the Leader of the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition and the Victorian Liberal Party. He was elected as Leader of the Liberal Party in May 2006.
Ted is also Shadow Minister for the Arts.
Ted got involved in public life to help make a change for the better, starting with his membership of the Carlton Branch of the Liberal Party in 1981, which led to many years of involvement at the senior levels of the Party and a range of Shadow Ministries including Tertiary Education and Training, Gaming and Planning after he entered Parliament as the Member for Hawthorn in 1999.
Ted is passionate about improving the lives of Victorians, particularly promoting policies that encourage a growing competitive economy, services that work, government you can trust, strong families and vibrant communities and secure water and a healthy environment.
As a former architect, Ted knows how to build.
Ted wants to build a better Victoria, because Victorians deserve so much better than what they are getting.
Trust in government has been eroded by John Brumby’s culture of secrecy and cover-up, and by the absence of effective bodies to fight corruption in Victoria. Ted wants to restore that trust.
Ted is well-known as a keen swimmer and he swims most mornings.
Ted talks to ABC Stateline about the Coalition’s plan to recruit 2,640 new Victoria Police frontline officers and Protective Services Officers to make our streets safe, the Windsor Hotel scandal and the State Budget.
Ted Baillieu calls for action to help Shepparton flood victims.
Ted Baillieu press conference 07 September 2010
Leader of the Opposition Ted Baillieu and Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Leader of the Nationals Peter Ryan inspect flood damage in central and western Victoria as other parts of the state remain on flood alert.
Ted Baillieu press conference 06 September 2010
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A Baillieu Government will build a $130 million bypass to take dangerous traffic off Kilmore and Wallan streets, improve traffic flow and save Wallan’s iconic Avenue of Honour. Ted Baillieu press conference 07 September 2010 |
- 12 JULY 2010 – Channel 10 News
Five years after the Labor Government promised to introduce a “smart” ticketing system, myki is being slammed as the government's white elephant, with more than $1 billion of taxpayers’ money spent on a system that still does not work. - 23 JUNE 2010 – Channel 7 News
The Auditor-General has uncovered $3 billion in secret government deals with a third of major contracts, including public transport deals, hidden from the public. Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu says John Brumby is running a secret state. - 14 JUNE 2010 – Channel 9 News
John Brumby has spent over $1.2 million of taxpayers' money monitoring the media and analysing transcripts of every story broadcast or written about his government. This is on top of the cost of employing 26 media advisers.