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3 unusual facts about Jeff Kennett


Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Notable people associated with the programme included Felicity Kennett, wife of the then Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett, and Jim Brown, a former Ten Eyewitness news journalist.

Orange-bellied Parrot

The Orange-bellied Parrot earned the wrath of Victorian premier Jeff Kennett in the 1990s.

Richmond Power Station

In the early 1990s, Victoria's electricity industry was privatised by the Kennett Liberal State Government.


Beyondblue

The chairman of beyondblue is Jeff Kennett, former Premier of Victoria, and its CEO is Kate Carnell, former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

City of Frankston

In 1993, Jeff Kennett and his Local Government Minister, Roger Hallam, announced a major statewide program of local government amalgamations, most of which took effect on 15 December 1994.

Officer Training Unit, Scheyville

Some of the most notable examples include Jeff Kennett who became Premier of Victoria and Tim Fischer, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.

Ralph Willis

One of Willis's final acts, a few days before the 1996 election, was to release (without consulting Keating) a letter purportedly written by the Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, which suggested that a Liberal government led by John Howard would cut grants to the states.

Russell Savage

Savage based his campaign on the neglect of rural Victoria by incumbent Premier Jeff Kennett's government, in particular its closure of the Vinelander rail service between Melbourne and Mildura.


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