When the cable tram was introduced it was relocated to Spring Street on the site of what is now Parliament Station. Then relocated again for the City Loop in the 80s
It was on Swanston for less than 40 years and would block pedestrians if returned
More shots below throughout the 20thC

Except, as the drawing in the article shows, it wasn't at the corner of Swanston and Collins in 1865. It was smack bang in the middle of Collins at Russell St.
Here are several shots of it courtesy of the SLV.

The great thing about the outrage machine is you can crank it up without any sort of adherence to facts.
Take the "outrage" over the Burke and WIlls statue.
thenightly.com.au/australia/vi...

The point is that historically changes in primary vote are generally large for the government and small for the opposition.
So both party's primary vote change (mostly down) relative to Others while in power while staying fairly stable while in opposition, and for Labor that was 2007-2013.

Labor's vote collapsed prior to 2013. Taking the longer view, following 2007 every election saw a vote against the incumbent and minimal change for the opposition.
2025 is an anomaly (Dutton?) because it hurt the opposition (with a tiny gov't gain). There is no parallel election in recent history

Minimum wage rises are a good time to remember that unless you are working more than 30 hours a week on that wage the majority of the increase goes back to the government (from reduced Centrelink payments and tax).

This graph plots the major party vote against their two-party primary and shows a couple of interesting trends:
1) The ALP government of the 80s and LIberals of the 90s had big swings in their primary vote, but quite small changes in the opposition. Essentially, people judged the government

What it doesn't show well is how precarious their position was in Queensland, in terms of hitting the window between Labor or Liberal votes being too high, and their vote too low.
The below graph should be read as a conversion from 3CP to 2PP based on different 3CP positions (the individual lines)

This advice is not entirely helpful...

Back in 2007-2013 I played with Senate plots that used 2-party on the x-axis and minor on the y-axis. Allowed me to plot quota lines as well as points where they were guaranteed second or third place.

Interesting side note to the Colombia tariff story is that coffee prices are already at an all time high because of Brazilian rainfall. Sticking a 50% tariff on top of a price that is twice the average is wild.

It is a common concern, but it seems to deter women more. Across both Australia LGAs and international cities a doubling of cycling mode share typically results in an increase in the proportion of women cycling (usually by 5-10%).
usa.streetsblog.org/2021/05/13/s...

Reading this article and being reminded of this now 20 year old joke that in our modern dystopia eventually becomes true to life
defector.com/youre-supposed-to-be-glad-your-tesla-is-a-brittle-heap-of-junk