PoliticsFederalVictorian electionAnalysis‘Poor cousins at Christmas’: Victorian Labor on the nose with colleaguesJul 29, 2026 – 6.02pmWhen the Labor tribe celebrated itself at last week’s triennial national conference in Adelaide, not everyone felt welcome.“We were like the poor cousins at Christmas,” said a Victorian Labor MP, only half jokingly, at the end of the three-day event. “No one wanted to know us.”Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In FederalFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Politics
‘Poor cousins at Christmas’: Victorian Labor on the nose with colleagues
From a federal Labor perspective, the worst outcome would have been an Allan-led Labor government still in power come the next federal election.
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