New party hopes to win up to 10 seats in November’s state election, but political insiders and observers have doubts
Senior Monash University politics lecturer, Dr Zareh Ghazarian, says there are some parallels between the teal independents who succeeded federally and the Victorians party.
“The teals proved voters are willing to vote for non-major party candidates if the message they are putting out resonated with them. But the message is key.” “Relying on resentment against the government and banking on the idea that that is going to be enough to get people supporting a new party is a bit risky, especially when Covid-19 and lockdowns are no longer being talked about,” he says.
On the party’s website, the Labor government is described as “out-of-touch”, Andrews is “uncaring and arrogant” and the opposition is “weak” .
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