Victorian Labor’s collapse is a warning to Australia’s political class

In less than three weeks, the people of Victoria got to the polls to render their verdict on the Carroll government, the latest iteration of a Labor that has been in power for 12 years.

In the long history of Australian politics, there are remarkably few at a state or federal level that makes it past this duration and if the current polling is correct, the Carroll government is set to be an example that proves the rule.

The latest polling which comes to us via DemosAU paints a particularly dire picture for Labor, revealing a primary vote of just 18% for the ALP, well below the 33% recorded by the Coalition and the 21% held by One Nation.