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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Daniel Andrews is on track for a third term in Victoria, but risks losing ground in safe seats

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews speaks in parliament
Daniel Andrews is in a strong position going in to the election campaign, with all recent polls showing he is on track to win on 26 November. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

The 59th parliament of Victoria has been anything but boring. In the past two years there’s been a leadership spill, a finding of branch stacking, a catastrophic fall down slippery steps, a drunken car crash, dozens of protests, Covid-19 outbreaks, resignations, defections, a visit from a lamb in a diaper and a resident fox – and that’s without mentioning the work that goes on inside the building.

Having wrapped up the final sitting week on Wednesday – dumping 52 documents on the way out, including a scathing auditor general report on the suburban rail loop – Daniel Andrews will now begin campaigning for a third term in office.

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