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Dan Andrews is predicted to secure a third term as Victorias Premier and a slim majority, according to a new poll from Newspoll.

Veteran election analyst Malcolm Mackerras predicts Labor will lose a net 12 seats at Victorias November 26 election - forcing Premier Daniel Andrews to rely on the Greens to stay in power.

Outspoken political commentator Andrew Bolt has declared Victoria the Karen capital of Australia after more than 600 residents dobbed in their neighbours per day for flouting Covid restrictions.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews could be driven from government by his own constituents as voters in the traditional Labor stronghold turn out in force to support his independent rival. 

There have been plenty of elections around the world these last three months, but the two cases of special world interest were for the President of Brazil in the runoff of Sunday 30 October and the midterm congressional elections in the USA on Tuesday 8 November.

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Today is budget day.  What surprises will Grant Robertson announce to address the country's many and varied problems.  Will Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis be able to sound like they actually understand what is in the budget?  Stay tuned for 2 pm ...

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Here is exactly how I'll be voting on my ballot paper this federal election.

Labor needs substantially more than 50% of the two-party preferred vote – 51.8% according to the pendulum – to win the majority of seats, 76. This equates to a swing of 3.3 percentage points.