It’s a tale of two parties; one that is beset by a generation of infighting and the other with a “once in a generation” leader.

The DemosAU/Ace Strategies poll released today is a crushing blow to Liberal Leader Vincent Tarzia’s faint hopes of taking his party to an unexpected victory in the March 2026 election.

It shows a party out of favour with 66 per cent of voters, out of touch with the new generation (a mere 13 per cent of 18-34 yr olds) and facing a wipeout in the metropolitan area.

How did it come to this, when the party was gifted a landslide victory in 1993’s “State Bank collapse” election which political scientist, the late Dr John Hepworth, described as “a free ticket to long term power”?

This Tuesday, 22nd October, marks 25 yrs since then-Liberal Premier John Olsen -a bene

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