Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will refuse to offer independents and minor parties a deal in order to hold onto power for an elusive third term as voters across the state go to the polls
More than a million people are expected to vote before 6pm across 1700 election-day sites on Saturday to decide who will govern Victoria for the next four years.
When pressed on his position on working closely with the Greens or independents to form a minority government, Andrews said his position had been clear for more than a decade.Liberal leader Matthew Guy, who steered the opposition to a crushing defeat at the 2018 election, said he was confident of victory despite the polls favouring Labor.
Labor leads the coalition 54.5 per cent to 45.5 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, according to the poll. Among the Labor seats at risk of tumbling are Melton, Werribee, Point Cook, Hawthorn, Box Hill, Northcote, Richmond and Albert Park. “The polling has been all over the place ... particularly the published polling, and I think we’ve seen that at a number of other elections – in South Australia as well as the federal election,” Guy said.
Greens leader Samantha Ratnam said she was “hopeful” about the possibility of the Greens doubling their number of lower house seats, as she cast her vote at Brunswick East Primary School on Saturday morning.
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