Victorian byelection
As it happened: Liberal Party declares victory, holds off One Nation challenge
Liberal candidate Anthony Marsh announced his victory as the vote count drew to a close. Read our live updates from the night.
- Gemma Grant, Angus Delaney and Kieran Rooney
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Hitler complaint, rapist meeting boycott: Nepean campaign exposes One Nation dysfunction
Two disputed episodes have exposed the organisational dysfunction and internal tensions within the fast-growing, far-right political party as it seeks to secure its first lower house seat in Victoria at next month’s Nepean byelection.
- Chip Le Grand
The election before the election: How Nepean could shape the state
Voters on the Mornington Peninsula are preparing for their first of two visits to the polls in seven months, in what looms as a complicated three-way race.
- Gemma Grant and Rachael Dexter
The former triple j host targeting major-party discontent in state byelection
“People don’t see themselves any more being reflected in the candidates or MPs being put up by the major parties,” says Tracee Hutchison.
- Annika Smethurst
Mayor suspended just six months after election denies he made staff feel unsafe
Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon, a former Freedom Party candidate, called a press conference outside state parliament to fiercely deny the allegations.
- Tom Cowie and Lachlan Abbott
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
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
Labor on edge of victory in Werribee
Latest counting has extended school teacher John Lister’s lead in the formerly safe Labor seat despite a huge swing against the Allan government.
- Chip Le Grand
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
Werribee voters face long wait for byelection result in cliffhanger count
The count in a seat the Liberal Party has not held for 46 years has upended the established order of Victorian politics and delivered a potent message to the Allan government.
- Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie