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Consecutive polls have put Andrews in an election-winning lead,but a minority government is increasingly possible if Labor were to lose at least 11 of its 55 seats.
Andrews this week reaffirmed his position of 12 years that he would not offer,or enter into,a deal with the Greens.
“It’s a strong,stable,majority Labor government that I’m advocating Victorians to vote for,” Andrews said on Tuesday.
The Greens already hold three seats in the lower house,in Melbourne,Prahran and Brunswick,and Ratnam said the MPs “would love some reinforcements” with hopes of gaining Richmond,Northcote and Albert Park.
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“And I,too,am so looking forward to some company in the upper house,” Ratnam said.
“I’m looking forward to seeing all of you out there on the campaign trail and of course celebrating some mighty fine wins on election night.”
Deputy party leader and the member for Melbourne Ellen Sandell declared it would be Ratnam accepting a call from Andrews on November 26 to hear her demands.
“I have never been more hopeful,” Sandell said.
The Greens had been hopeful of securing the balance of power at the 2018 election,when a tight outcome was predicted,butlost four of its five upper house seats and the lower house seat of Northcote. Dr Tim Read picked up Brunswick,but the party failed to win Richmond where Labor increased its majority.
The party believes that de Vietri,a former mayor of Yarra City Council,can flip Richmond now that incumbent Labor MP Richard Wynne is retiring.
Lauren O’Dwyer is contesting Richmond for Labor.
Macedon Ranges candidate Marley McRae McLeod,18,a student at the University of Melbourne,also addressed Greens supporters on Wednesday night and teared up discussing the consequences that climate change could have on her generation.
She gave a shoutout to her fellow teenage candidates.
“We are a force to be reckoned with,” McRae McLeod said.
TheLabor Party and Coalition separately held their formal campaign launches on Sunday,before early voting opened on Monday.
Just over a week remains of the campaign until polls close on November 26.
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