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Jacinta Allan arrives at Labor’s election night bash.

Literally anyone else: Fear for the major parties in Werribee’s result

No candidate was able to secure 30 per cent of primary votes in the byelection. It’s a warning sign for Labor and the Liberals of what experts tip will happen more and more.

  • Rachel Eddie

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Newly elected Werribee MP John Lister.

Fresh from fighting fires, John Lister takes hot seat in Werribee

School teacher and CFA volunteer John Lister says the message from Werribee voters has been heard “loud and clear”.

  • Chip Le Grand
Jacinta Allan arrives at Labor’s election night bash.

Horror budget ahead as voters desert Labor

There is limited room in the state budget to respond to voter frustrations in the west after Labor’s primary vote collapsed 16.7 per cent in the Werribee byelection.

  • Rachel Eddie
Rachel Westaway in Prahran on Sunday,

Liberals claim victory in Prahran as Greens concede defeat

The Greens blamed preference deals and low voter turnout for their failure to hold the inner-Melbourne seat.

  • Rachel Eddie
Voters at the Chapel Street, Windsor polling booth

Crime worries voters in Prahran as volunteers squabble

Many in the small electorate are concerned about community safety, and even on the voting booths tensions were high.

  • Nicole Precel
Jacinta Allan campaigning at Manor Lakes Primary School on Saturday

Regardless of the result in Werribee, Allan has already heard the message

The premier’s “do more” promise signals a change already under way in her leadership and government’s priorities.

  • Chip Le Grand
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An Advance billboard campaigning against the Greens in the federal Melbourne seat of Macnamara.

Electoral commission sought court injunction against right-wing lobby group

Advance has been bankrolling an anti-Greens campaign in the Prahran byelection, but was taken to the Supreme Court after placing signs against the rules.

  • Rachel Eddie
A growing queue of cars to leave the Princes Freeway at Werribee’s western exit.

There’s a mood on in the west as Labor braces for byelection reckoning

A fractious Werribee electorate is about to have its say on a 10-year-old government, and Labor may discover that long-familiar ground is shifting beneath its feet.

  • Chip Le Grand
The Victorian Electoral Commission.

Right-wing lobby group in donations probe over anti-Greens push in Prahran

The election watchdog is investigating a complaint that Advance hasn’t declared any donations despite bankrolling advertisements against the Greens ahead of Saturday’s byelection.

  • Rachel Eddie
Former Labor member for Prahran Tony Lupton, running as an independent in the February 8 byelection.

Ex-Labor MP targets Greens in Prahran, boosting Liberal hopeful’s bid

Tony Lupton tore up his ALP membership when the party declined to run a candidate in Prahran. Labor insiders worry his campaign against the Greens could hand the Liberals the seat.

  • Rachel Eddie

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