Stephen Mayne founded Crikey in February 2000, and has remained as a contributor since selling it in 2005. He’s a former political staffer and local government councillor who also pursues shareholder advocacy as a director of the Australian Shareholders’ Association and campaigns broadly for transparency and accountability across the media, business and political sectors.
Will Glenn Druery conjure up another right-wing micro-party sweep in Victoria?
Crikey examines micro-party machinations for clues about possible Victorian election preference deals.
Mayne: could this be the end of Melbourne’s three-decade run of male lord mayors?
Of the fourteen candidates nominated for Melbourne's mayoral election, six of them are women, and several of those are front-runners. Will it be enough to get a woman in Melbourne's hot seat?