Victorian election: high costs and unkept promises could flip Melbourne’s Labor heartland to One Nation
Labor ignored its falling vote in the working-class western suburbs because they would never go Liberal – but now there’s another optionGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s nearing 3pm outside Beirut Bakehouse, a Lebanese bakery tucked inside a shopping plaza in Taylors Lakes, 20km north-west of Melbourne. A group of men are out the front nursing coffees and smoking cigarettes, in what appears to be a regular gathering.But despite their closeness, three of the group will be casting their votes for three different political parties in next month’s state election. Co
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