Editor's note

After a long campaign, Victorians will today go to the polls to decide whether they want to give Daniel Andrews’ Labor government another term or switch to a Coalition government led by Matthew Guy. While the polls favour Labor, there is much that hangs in the balance, and the upper house may end up looking particularly messy. Meanwhile, The Greens have had a terrible campaign, and may find themselves struggling to hold seats.

As is the way of election campaigns, it has been rife with scandals and sloganeering, but there have been some meaningful policy debates too. Law and order has played a major role in this campaign, and Labor in particular has run hard on social policy. And whichever party wins, Victoria’s new government will have promised the biggest transport infrastructure project in Australian history, although the priorities of the competing parties are clearly different. We will have initial results tonight [Saturday], followed by a full analysis by psephologist Adrian Beaumont and political analyst Paul Strangio on Sunday.

Amanda Dunn

Section Editor: Politics + Society

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Transport promises stretching as far as the eye can see: Victorian Labor’s big one is a $A50 billion suburban rail loop. Penny Stephens/AAP

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Scandals have dominated the recent headlines, but healthcare, education and public transport have been at the core of the policy debates. Wes Mountain/The Conversation

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