Premier puts Labor’s electoral success down to listening to the community rather than partisan commentary
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Victoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, has described Labor’s third consecutive election win as a rejection of the politics of division, while vowing to rebuild trust with voters in the outer suburbs who abandoned the party.
Labor is on track to win more than 50 of 88 lower house seats and could yet exceed the 55 it won at the 2018 “Danslide” election, despite its primary vote dropping by about 6% and swings of almost 15% in Melbourne’s northern and western outer suburbs.
Continue reading…Premier puts Labor’s electoral success down to listening to the community rather than partisan commentaryDaniel Andrews vindicated in Victorian election that became a referendum on his pandemic response‘Change or die moment’ for Victorian LiberalsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, has described Labor’s third consecutive election win as a rejection of the politics of division, while vowing to rebuild trust with voters in the outer suburbs who abandoned the party.Labor is on track to win more than 50 of 88 lower house seats and could yet exceed the 55 it won at the 2018 “Danslide” election, despite its primary vote dropping by about 6% and swings of almost 15% in Melbourne’s northern and western outer suburbs.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…