Victorian Election 2018 | Breaking News and Headlines

Analysis

Forget the wacky theories, the Liberal Party lost because it trashed its own brand

What a time...to be a Labor leader.

by Tony Wright

O'Brien likely to take Liberal leadership with Guy to quit

by Noel Towell

'Four more years': Labor crowd raise the roof as scale of win sinks in

by Tony Wright

Victoria state election result: Greens lie low as they count down their fate

by Noel Towell

What Andrews promises to do next: Labor's key promises in detail

by Adam Carey, Benjamin Preiss & Noel Towell

Opinion & Perspectives

Out of touch with reality: How the Liberals lost so badly

Tim Colebatch

Saturday’s landslide victory for Labor can be summed up in two statistics.

How the strategies of Dan, a man with a plan, helped win the election

In a political landscape where promises are often broken, where leaders are regularly dumped, and where voters are constantly taken for granted, Labor’s election victory was a repudiation of the new norm.

Liberals overwhelmed by Labor but undermined from within

Benjamin Preiss

Expect plenty more of the internal bloodletting among the Liberals that helped contribute to their humiliating election defeat.

Promises

Rival health pledges made on day when terror overshadowed election

Labor promised a $31 million revamp of the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Coalition pledged to bring an early motherhood support group to Melbourne's west.

by Adam Carey & Noel Towell

Guy's $89m terror pledge includes ankle tags and CBD ban for suspects

Victoria Police would get the power to put electronic monitoring devices on terror suspects and more officers would patrol the CBD under an $89.5m Coalition promise.