Diane Anderson. The woman behind Kennett and Mary Drost

Diane Anderson is little known in Boroondara but in the United States she's a cult figure. Diane is the first person ever expelled for heresy by the Unitarian Church, and that's big news in America, where the Unitarian Church (now called the Unitarian Universalist Church or UU Church) is pretty big time, and has produced four Presidents. The expulsion took place in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church in Grey Street, East Melbourne. It was reported in Andrew Landeryou's blog first (funny how Andrew always gets the big scoops) and then found its way to the ABC News and Lawrence Money's gossip column in The Age.

Diane comes from Dearborn in Michigan, and produces Higgins News, a publication that also circulates in parts of Boroondara. In the latest issue is an article by Mary Drost gloating at how she won the big prize in the Boroondara VEC representation review. Mary omits to mention a little help from Jeff Kennett. She also omits to mention a little help from Diane.

Diane likes to keep her real campaigns low key, but the arguments she used unsuccessfully in Stonnington were used by BRAG in Boroondara as well as by Jeff Kennett. Former Legislative Assembly Speaker Ken Coghill copied them also but he doesn't write as well as Diane does. Coghill is a member of the ALP and when he was in parliament represented Werribee. His factional enemies in the right wing Labor Unity faction used to say that's where the metropolitan sewerage farm is but we won't stoop as low as that. Stephen Conroy never does and we like to think we are as gentlemanly as he is.We don't attack people in this blog like some disreputable ALP figures do around the traps.

Coghill is presently exposing corruption in local government but he's really part of the problem. He supported Mary here and so did some of his friends in the Labor Party. No Mr Coghill. The corrupt councils are all ones with single councillor wards and you supported that in Boroondara. How can we take you seriously? The Age might but who reads that newspaper? As Andrew Landeryou says it's full of left wing hype.

We must get back to Diane who is the real thing not her imposters like Coghill and Company. Diane is a good operator. She is also a sworn enemy of Premier John Brumby, which is certainly good for relations with Jeff.

Rumour has it Diane might be helping Jeff soon in another capacity, as his campaign director for Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Remember we told you this first in this blog.