With a new leader and tired opponent, this should be the Victorian Liberals’ year – if not for self-inflicted wounds
<p>As dysfunction reigns, the party shows yet again that its greatest obstacle to winning government is not Labor but itself</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>This should be the Victorian Liberal party’s year. They head into November’s election with a new, energetic and articulate leader in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/18/jess-wilson-victorian-liberal-party-who-is-new-opposition-leader-should-labor-be-worried">Jess Wilson</a>, who has vowed to drag her party to the centre and reconnect with voters it has lost in recent years.</p><p>Across the aisle stands a weary third-term Labor government, burdened by the state’s debt – <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/05/australia-news-live-skydivers-strike-aukus-review-anika-wells-travel-social-media-age-ban-coalition-labor-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-693229a38f080dbf44b7dda9#block-693229a38f080dbf44b7dda9">forecast to hit $192bn by 2028-29 </a>– and the baggage of more than a decade in power. No Victorian Labor government has ever secured a fourth term – a fact that should give the Liberals cause for optimism.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/10/victorian-liberals-year-ahead-new-leader-jess-wilson">Continue reading...</a>
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- [The Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/10/victorian-liberals-year-ahead-new-leader-jess-wilson)
- 작성자: Benita Kolovos
- 발행일시: 2026. 1. 10. 오전 9:18:31