During the pandemic, Daniel Andrews was a national force to be reckoned with. In Victoria, he drove the conservatives to such despair he leaves a Labor Party that seems likely to remain in power for the foreseeable future.
Labor claims anything less than a 4 percentage point swing towards the Liberal-National Party in forthcoming Fadden byelection will be a failure for Peter Dutton.
In fending off a challenge from Albanese and Labor, the Coalition refers to its economic and national security metrics – and current crises overseas only play to this.