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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

The weekend byelection results were close to Labor and the Greens’ worst case scenario – but it’s not all good news for the Liberals

Werribee byelection corflute signs
At the time of writing, Labor’s once-comfortable margin in Melbourne’s outer west seat has gone from 10.9% at the 2022 state election to a razor-thin 0.6%. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Counting in the Werribee byelection is still under way. But even if Labor manages to scrape through, the Victorian government is just a few hundred disgruntled votes away from losing its grip on this heartland seat.

That is a problem Jacinta Allan knows cannot be ignored.

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