The opposition leader told Sydney radio: “I think it’s in everyone’s best interests that he resign from the parliament and I hope he’s able to do that sooner than later and seek the help that he needs.”
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Extremist candidates and threats of federal intervention ensure the Victorian Liberal Party remains no closer to resolving its woes.
If the 2018 election, which produced the so-called Danslide, was a disaster for the Liberals, this election amounts to a catastrophe.
Despite a swing away from Labor, the Andrews government has been returned comfortably for a third term.
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.
Victoria goes to the polls in November, and New South Wales in March. The Liberals – in opposition in Victoria, in government in NSW – could have a good deal to fear if the tide runs again for teals.
It is difficult for the media to deal in fake news – but the Andrews conspiracy story has been handled very well.
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