‘Not our friends’: Victorian Coalition warns Advance’s ‘bizarre’ campaign may cost it majority government

Exclusive: Rightwing lobby group, which says state poll is trial run for next federal election, accused of undermining Victorian Liberal messaging Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Victorian Coalition MPs have criticised a prominent conservative lobby group’s pre-election campaign as “bizarre” and warned it may cost them majority government at next month’s state election. But the criticism has been dismissed as “galactically stupid” by Advance, which has rebuked the Coalition for not being further ahead in the polls. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here