This time next week Victorians will likely know which major party is set to lead the state for the next four years.
Recent opinion polls point to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ centre-left Labor government securing a third consecutive term in office at the Nov. 26 election with a slim majority.
But Labor’s prospects of slipping into minority government appeared to be increasing as the polls tightened, before the centre-right Coalition led by Matthew Guy suffered two setbacks.
Firstly, the Victorian Electoral Commission referred its probe into a Liberal donor scandal to the corruption watchdog.
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy speaks to media during a press conference in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 21, 2022. (AAP Image/Diego Fedele)
While the Andrews government is under a fresh corruption cloud of its own, former state Labor deputy campaign director turned independent pollster Kos Samaras said the donor probe development will hurt the Liberal….