Opinion
When Libs celebrate holding the heartland something’s seriously wrong
The Liberals in Victoria are now in the death throes – and without change it will be last rites.
Lidija IvanovskiFormer Labor adviserThere was a strange moment during Saturday’s night’s coverage of the Victorian election on Channel 9, when federal Liberal senator Sarah Henderson was almost jubilant about the party holding on to the seat of Kew.
Her choice to highlight that as an impressive achievement was weird because Kew is as blue ribbon as it gets; Liberal heartland that was held by former premier Dick Hamer. If winning Kew is a highlight for the Liberals, something is seriously wrong.
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