While the Premier is laid low, how will Victoria be governed?
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The last time a state had an acting premier during a pandemic, things didnât turn out so well.
In January 1919, West Australian Premier Henry Lefroy was in Melbourne for a conference of state leaders, leaving Hal Colebatch in Perth and in charge.
Henry Lefroy, former premier of Western Australia, was locked out of his state by his own acting premier at the height of the 1919 pandemic.
When the Spanish Flu broke out in Melbourne, Colebatch responded in what has become customary WA fashion, stopping an intercontinental train in its tracks and blocking anyone from crossing the state border from over east - including Lefroy.
Jordan elected to serve as council president in Freehold Borough
Jordan elected to serve as council president in Freehold Borough
FREEHOLD – Democratic Councilwoman Annette Jordan has been elected by her fellow members of the governing body to serve as president of the Borough Council in Freehold Borough for 2021.
The borough’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 3 was held in a virtual manner due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Incumbent Democratic councilmen Michael DiBenedetto and George Schnurr, the winning candidates in the November election, were sworn in to begin serving new three-year terms prior the meeting. Video footage of both men taking the oath of office at Borough Hall was shown.
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