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Is this the end of Labor’s ascendancy in Victoria?

Is this the end of Labor’s ascendancy in Victoria?

The party’s internal polling shows voters could be turning against Premier Daniel Andrews as the state endures another exhausting lockdown.

People inside the CFMEU office fend off protesters with fire extinguishers on Monday.  Justin McManus

When the construction union’s office was under siege in Melbourne on Monday, an emergency call went out. Get in here, the CFMEU’s shop stewards were told. We’re under attack.

Outside on Elizabeth Street, burly construction workers threatened the citadel of organised labour in the state that remains the stronghold of Australian unionism.

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Aaron Patrick
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondentAaron Patrick was a senior correspondent at The Australian Financial Review.

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