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Victoria votes: short termism rules, OK?

9 November 2018

8:01 AM

9 November 2018

8:01 AM

Now a fortnight in, and the Victorian election campaign was all but cancelled for lack of interest this week.  The Labor Machiavellis who agreed to fixed-term elections as a condition for minority government in 1999, excelled themselves in making election day the last Saturday in November.  That guaranteed no Victorians would engage with politics through Cup week, an inertia that invariably favours the front-runners.

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