If the 2018 election, which produced the so-called Danslide, was a disaster for the Liberals, this election amounts to a catastrophe.
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Despite a swing away from Labor, the Andrews government has been returned comfortably for a third term.
As election day arrives in Victoria, two late polls predict a return of the Andrews Labor government.
With the Victorian state election just days away, a new poll shows the gap between the two major parties to be tightening.
Political parties are much more careful with candidate vetting than they used to be. But as recent stories from Victoria show, they are sometimes still not careful enough.
Much attention will be on whether voters turn away from Labor and the Coalition, and what that means for minor parties such as the Greens, and the ‘teal’ independents.
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Andrews is seeking a third term. However many voters are disillusioned with the major parties and the election will be a test for a clutch of teal and other independents
With 12 days to go until the Victorian state election, the Labor government appears headed for re-election.
The Labor government’s lead is closing in the polls, but it still looks set to be returned on November 26.
There is still three months to go until the Victorian election, but the Labor government remains in a very strong position.
Meanwhile, Labor’s strong win means it will unlikely have an incentive for desperately-needed upper house reform.
Daniel Andrews’ resounding win has probably secured his party another two terms- and it will send chills down the spines of Liberals in Canberra.
With counting still underway, the projected primary votes are 44.1% Labor (up 6.0% since the 2014 election), 34.8% Coalition (down 7.2%) and 10.4% Greens (down 1.1%).
With just days to go before the election, Labor is making a last-minute appeal to voters to stay in power, while the Liberals are pressing for change.
Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy said under Premier Daniel Andrews, ‘Victoria has won the unenviable title as the state with the country’s highest rate of crime’. Is that right?
Latest polling shows a mixed back for both major Victorian parties, but Labor is still ahead on two-party preferred.
Malcolm Turnbull may have lost 31 consecutive Newspolls, but the latest result shows a narrowing between the two major parties, and the Coalition’s best performance since September 2016.
Australia’s political donations system remains fragmented, but proposed reforms in Victoria are a good step forward.
Matthew Guy has been chosen to lead the Liberal Party in Victoria as it returns to opposition after just one term in government. Guy, who was planning minister in the Napthine government, defeated former…
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Vice-Chancellor's professorial fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
