Insiders believe voters who backed independents at May’s election have been emboldened by their success. | OPINION by state political editor Annika Smethurst springst
Andrews’ government MPs spooked by successive scandals breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday with the findings of a new survey revealing thatwhen compared to the Coalition.
While it should come as no surprise that rusted-on party supporters were more likely to back their own side on matters of integrity, even they had their doubts. But long before the “teal-wave” swept independents to Canberra in May, the two-party system had started to wane. And in 13 weeks we will learn whether it will, as many strategists predict, be replicated at a state level.Forty years ago, at the 1982 Victorian election, more than 93 per cent of voters popped a number one next to Labor, the Liberals or the National Parties. A decade on, it had dropped to 90 per cent.
Zali Steggall, flanked by her fellow Independent MPs. Long before the “teal-wave” swept into Canberra in May, the two-party system had started to wane.told this masthead last week: “These days you wouldn’t dare say you were a member of a political party,”
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