The Greens have been almost completely removed from Victoria's upper house. But it's good news for Labor.
Seventeen days on, with yesterday's resolution of counting for the Legislative Council, the real winner of the Victorian election can now be confirmed.
His name is Glenn Druery, staffer to Senator Derryn Hinch and preference manipulator extraordinaire.
Internal polling has indicated a wipeout loss for the Coalition in the upcoming federal election. But is it all doom and gloom for the government?
Despite the chaos, there were a few winners in the Victorian upper house
Crikey readers discuss the Victorian upper house results and pork barrelling in Nationals electorates.
How will Dan Andrews deal with this farrago of a crossbench?
If anyone is going to try and direct the reactionary/single-issue parties as a unit — and one wonders who that would be — they’re going to have to keep them all together, all the time.
What do changing demographics mean for the News Corp papers?
The Liberal Party needs to pivot to avoid continued rejection from voters, but News Corp's options are a little more limited.
Can progressives actually defeat the Morrison government shitshow?
Yes, Australia is turning away from the hard-right. Yes, the federal government is in chaos. But Labor and the Greens can hardly sit back and assume a 2019 federal election win.
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