Labor is set to crash. With it will go an entire Victorian era
Political analysis suggests that the Victorian Labor government is facing a significant decline, potentially ending a long era of political dominance. The article draws parallels to historical shifts in Victorian state politics, noting the challenges ahead for the current leadership.
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This signals a potential major shift in Australian state-level political power, which could impact regional policy and governance.
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Share A A A Victoria is about to undergo an identity change. The Labor government, dominant in the state throughout this century, is set to crash and with it will go an entire political era. Victorians of a certain age have seen this before. They will recall the 1982 state election that concluded 27 years of continuous Liberal government , first under Henry Bolte and then Dick Hamer and briefly Lindsay Thompson. It was as though Rome had fallen.
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