The approach backfired at a federal level, with the party facing the possibility of holding just two Melbourne seats
Victoria’s opposition leader, Matthew Guy, says he will not be thrown off course by the federal Liberal party’s near wipeout across Melbourne as he prepares for November’s state election.
The Liberals had banked on a backlash against the premier, Daniel Andrews, in outer suburban seats at Saturday’s election, after several Covid-19 lockdowns. But the strategy backfired, with the party losing its blue-ribbon inner Melbourne seats of Goldstein and Kooyong to teal independents, and Higgins to Labor.
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