PolicyEconomyPolitical leadershipOpinionVictorian disaster could bring Albanese undoneThe attempted sharp break from absolute Labor-left rule in Victoria confirms that “something is wrong with the place”, as former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty complained before Labor’s conference.Michael StutchburyColumnistLast week’s ALP federal conference in Adelaide paraded the power and patronage of Labor’s political machine. Yet this week’s panicked exit of Victoria’s Labor premier revealed the failure of its big-government, high-tax and heavy-regulation model that could bring Anthony Albanese undone, too.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In EconomyFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Policy