Talk:Brian Burke

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Contents 1 Sarah Burke 2 Julian Grill 3 CCC Discussion 4 Rewrite

[edit] Sarah Burke

Is Sarah Burke notable? Does she currently hold an office in the party? Jayvdb 09:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Sarah Burke (Australian politician) is listed on Australian Labor Party National Executive. John Vandenberg 01:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Julian Grill

Brian's business partner and colleague, Julian Grill would be an idea to have a mini bio of the relationship between Burke/Grill as it goes back a long way, and may in some way explain for future generations, how our current events had come about. petedavo 06:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CCC Discussion

Australian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Brian_Burke_scandal petedavo 08:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

Would anyone object to me totally rewriting this article sometime in the next few months? With the sources I have been getting for other articles I can probably put together a rather interesting piece on his 14-year parliamentary career and the aftermath. Orderinchaos 15:27, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

That would be great. I think some of the Premiers' articles could use a revamp. My current project is rewriting Bob Carr. Recurring dreams 22:55, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

If a re-write is done, I feel it would be worth noting that, in spite of the common claim that Burke 'had dinner with Rudd', in actuallity it was a public affair and that there were some forty people there at the event. The suggestion from the Liberals that it was a one-on-one meeting is shallow mud-slinging. I'd like to think that Wikipedia (one of the few places where the meeting will even be remembered) would record the true details of the affair, rather than the arguably biased media portrayal. That said, I am glad that the correct date is given, clearly showing that the affair pre-dated the major Brian Burke scandals. 210.1.205.75 07:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

True. And he wasn't exactly giving a speech to the Australian League of Rights or anything like that... if you have or know of a printed source we can use for this information please let me know. Orderinchaos 13:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Try one of magazines affiliated with the IPA like Quadrant.petedavo 04:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)