Former Victorian premier Steve Bracks is confident Daniel Andrews will win a historic third election and cement himself as the country’s “pre-eminent” politician.
will join him to win a historic third term and cement himself as the “pre-eminent leader in Australian politics”.
“I achieved three terms, Daniel is going for that. [Victorian Labor premier] John Cain got that by the way, so he wants to be in that space,” Mr Bracks toldBut despite a likely backlash in the outer suburbs caused by pandemic lockdowns, the rise of the teals and a “time factor” all working against Mr Andrews, Mr Bracks said the Victorian Liberals led by Matthew Guy were “not ready to govern”. Ahead of the November 26 election, Labor governs the state holding 55 of 88 lower house seats.
Mr Bracks, who led an audit into Victorian Labor’s rotten culture and the allegations of industrial-scale branch stacking, said that Mr Andrews’ troubles with the corruption watchdog continued on Friday, when fresh emails were released between the premier and property developer John Woodman, who has been investigated by the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission over his property dealings., the Suburban Rail Loop, from $50 billion to as much as $200 billion.
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