Victorian state opposition leader Brad Battin is pretty happy with the state byelection results, as AAP reports. The Liberal leader was talking up his party’s chances at the next state election, which is still a long shot, but absolutely nothing should be ruled out in politics.

“I’m not confident we’ll win it (Werribee), but I’m very confident we’ve had a really good result,” he told ABC radio on Monday. 

“There’s been a massive swing against Labor … I think we’ll end up with about a four-and-a-half per cent swing to us and that means we’ve got more work to do.

“If that result was reflected across Victoria, there would be a change of government at the next election in 2026.”