Final Vic election push. State Labor is leaning on any and all individuals and community organisations who have ever received as much as a paper clip from them, to show visible support for their local Labor candidate. Does this really work or have any effect on groups who have been ignored for three years?

Returning the favour. Regarding the Victorian desal plant union spy scandal, as The Australian hints today, Paul Houlihan gave Marcus Carroll his start by employing him at First IR in the mid 1990s. Nice to see him return the favour!

Turmoil at Advocacy Centre. What is happening at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Sydney? Two workers leave last year. Two workers having problems this year. The CEO leaves for Tasmania. The co-ordinator of the Mental Health Legal Services Project resigns. WorkCover involvement. Mediators brought in. The board shocked and appalled…