After a brutal election in 1999, the result wasn't immediately clear and Victoria was in limbo. But three independents emerged as political kingmakers.

After a brutal election in 1999, the result wasn't immediately clear and Victoria was in limbo. But three independents emerged as political kingmakers.
Jeff Kennett and Steve Bracks, former state premiers, reunite to remember that tense time, plus interviews with two of the crucial independents, Craig Ingram and Russell Savage. 
 

It was one of the biggest upsets in Australian political history. The 1999 Victorian state election was fought between two men revered as giants of modern government. Now, for the first time, Steve  Bracks and Jeff Kennett have sat down in person to discuss the election that changed Victoria forever.

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Steve  Bracks and Jeff Kennett discuss 1999 Victorian state election, one of the biggest upsets in Australian political history.

After a brutal election in 1999, the result wasn't immediately clear and Victoria was in limbo. But three independents emerged as polit...

The Three Kingmakers

Kennett and Bracks discuss the state of the parties and why Labor, other than during the Kennett reign and a brief four-year period earlier this decade, has dominated Victorian election results over the past 40 years.
 

Kennett and Bracks discuss the state of the parties and why Labor, other than during the Kennett reign and a brief four-year period earlier this decade, has dominated Victorian election results over the past 40 years. They also talk about what the biggest issues facing the state are today, and clash over the state’s financial situation 
 

Kennett and Bracks discuss the state of the parties and why Labor, other than during the Kennett reign and a brief four-year period ear...

Lessons learned

We've gone inside the bunker during the final days of the Kennett government. 
So just how close did Jeff Kennett come to a return during the reign of Steve Bracks? 
 

We've gone inside the bunker during the final days of the Kennett government. 
So just how close did Jeff Kennett come to a return during the reign of Steve Bracks? 
 

We've gone inside the bunker during the final days of the Kennett government. 
So just how close did Jeff Ke...

The last days of Jeff

In the middle of the campaigning, a bombshell broke. The independent candidate for Frankston East has died.

In the middle of the campaigning, a bombshell broke. The independent candidate for Frankston East has died. It had the potential to completely reshape the 1999 election, along with counting in another knife-edge seat that relied on overseas postal votes. And what did Billy Brownless and the Geelong Football Club have to do with it all? 
 

In the middle of the campaigning, a bombshell broke. The independent candidate for Frankston East has died. It had the potential to com...

The Three Kingmakers

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