Victoria: Absolute Danism?
摘要
Labor has dominated Victorian politics of late, with just one term out of government between 1999 and time of writing. Under the leadership of Daniel Andrews, Labor has also become more assertive about the use of state power to intervene in markets and solve public problems, with significant interventions in early childhood education, TAFE, first home buying, electricity wholesaling, industrial relations, alongside major social reforms and a gargantuan slate of public works. This chapter examines the record of the Andrews period in particular, and asks why Labor and Andrews were so politically successful. It looks at both structural and government-performance-related explanations.