00:02Another starting gun fired in the high-stakes race to Parliament.
00:06What an amazing turnout!
00:08This time a minor party with no current seats in either house is taking a punt at all of them,
00:14convinced it can siphon votes from Labor and the Greens.
00:17We feel like the major parties have failed working class people
00:20and they're desperately calling out for a left-wing alternative.
00:23But it's One Nation that continues to be seen as the biggest beneficiary
00:27of dissatisfaction with the two-party system.
00:30Less than 120 days out from the vote, there's no formalised leader or policy platform,
00:36but a raft of candidates will be unveiled on Monday.
00:39It's really just a rejection of the two-party system.
00:42There are a large number of Victorians who are clearly unhappy with the current political state.
00:48Meanwhile, a separate race is underway for a promotion.
00:51As backbenchers vie for the Cabinet positions vacated
00:55when Jacinta Allen's allies, Harriet Shing and Lily D'Ambrosio, called it quits.
00:59The newly minted Premier will reveal his Cabinet on Monday,
01:03a key question, who will take the education portfolio
01:06and attempt to land a new pay deal before teachers walk off the job
01:10for a third time in two and a half weeks.
01:14There's a lot at stake for the new Premier,
01:15who immediately vowed to draw a line in the sand from his predecessors
01:19and take a new approach to battleground issues at crime and government spending.
01:24Appointing the right people to steer the ship in those critical areas
01:28will be an early test of whether he comes good on that promise.
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