BF2S Forums Presidential Election 2016

Last edited by Superior Mind (2020-07-09 19:12:36)

Superior Mind wrote:

Having been a resident of New York City, I was able to attend any of the branches of the City University of New York (CUNY) for a very low tuition. Like $2000 per year. And most students got financial aid according to your income level and pell grants

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Superior Mind wrote:

Having been a resident of New York City, I was able to attend any of the branches of the City University of New York (CUNY) for a very low tuition. Like $2000 per year. And most students got financial aid according to your income level and pell grants

Why was it so cheap? Were you in the Army?

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Do the history and political science majors make the cut?

Dilbert_X wrote:

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Do the history and political science majors make the cut?

No of course not

Dilbert_X wrote:

For what? To make more history teachers?

uziq wrote:

suffice to say, absolutely no history graduates that i know from my cohort went on to become history teachers. one of my best friends did a master's in modern politics afterwards (also at UCL) and is now a political consultant/thinktank type.

Andrews was born in Williamstown, a suburb of Melbourne, to Bob Andrews (1950–2016) and Jan (born 1944). In 1983 his family moved to Wangaratta, where he was educated at the Marist Brothers' Galen Catholic College.[1] Andrews moved back to Melbourne in 1990 to attend Monash University, where he was a resident of Mannix College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and classics in 1996. After graduating, Andrews became an electorate officer for federal Labor MP Alan Griffin. He worked at the party's head office from 1999 to 2002, initially as an organiser, and then as assistant state secretary.

Following his election to parliament in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgrave at the 2002 election, Andrews was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Health in the Steve Bracks Labor government. Following the 2006 election, Andrews was appointed to the Cabinet, becoming Minister for Gaming, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs. In 2007, Andrews became Minister for Health in the John Brumby Labor government.[5] In 2008, Andrews voted in favour of abortion law reform in Victoria.

Brumby resigned as leader of the Victorian Labor Party following the Labor defeat at the 2010 election, after 11 years of Labor governments. On 3 December 2010, Andrews was elected Victorian Labor Party leader, becoming Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, with former Deputy Premier Rob Hulls staying on as his deputy.[7] Hulls resigned in early 2012 and was replaced as deputy by James Merlino.

Labor took the lead in the polls in mid-2012 and held it for all but a few months until the election, though Andrews consistently trailed his Liberal counterparts, Ted Baillieu (2010–2013) and Denis Napthine (2013–2014) as preferred premier.

Labor held 43 seats at dissolution but notionally held 40 after the redistribution of electoral boundaries. It thus needed a swing to win five seats to form government. At the election, Labor gained seven seats for a total of 47, a majority of two.[8] The election was the first time since 1955 that an incumbent government was removed from office after a single term.

In his victory speech, Andrews declared, "The people of Victoria have today given to us the greatest of gifts, entrusted to us the greatest of responsibilities and bestowed upon us the greatest of honours. We will not let them down!"[9] He was sworn in as premier on 4 December.

Upon his election, Andrews fast-tracked Victoria's ties with the PRC. Firstly, he led a group of prominent Victorians to China on his first overseas trip, and promised to send his entire cabinet there during his first term. Eyeing the enormous opportunities with tourism, education and investment,[13] his administration signed a non-binding agreement with the Chinese government under the Belt and Road Initiative in October 2018, but kept its details secret until he released it five weeks later.[14] The Age criticised Andrews for meddling in geopolitics, saying that it was the federal government's responsibility to navigate to the benefit of all Australians.[13]

In June 2020, The Australian reported that a long-serving staffer and a senior adviser of Daniel Andrews were members of a front organisation of the Communist Party of China.[15][16][17] The staffer studied at the Chinese Academy of Governance, a high-level training institution for officials of the Communist Party of China.[18] The staffer was active in spreading disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.