Labor has effectively decided to ‘run against itself’ as a new party with a new face at the Victorian state election in November. That Labor Party remains unchanged. These things happen when the powers behind a political party run out of ideas to shift dire poll results. ‘I suspect that we’re going to have a sham Royal Commission without terms of reference that will ensure that we’re calling witnesses from the Labor Party, former ministers, current ministers.’ We have already seen the devastation of Jim Chalmers’ budget at a federal level coupled with threats of more taxes and more restrictions coming out of the Labor Party Conference.