Victoria’s 2026 state election could have ‘great consequences’ for politics across Australia. What do voters need to know?

Labor is chasing a fourth consecutive term and the Liberals are hoping for a breakthrough – but could One Nation end up with the balance of power? But the ABC’s former election analyst says the result of the Victorian election will have “greater consequences for the course of national politics than any state election in my lifetime ”. Labor is chasing an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in Victoria under the premier, Ben Carroll – the party’s third leader in four years.