Who is Jess Wilson and should the Victorian Labor government be worried?

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The Victorian Liberals’ first female leader will focus on the budget, health and housing, relegating crime to a second priority

Within minutes of becoming the first woman to lead the Victorian Liberals, 35-year-old Jess Wilson made a strategic shift that should worry Labor.

Her predecessor, Brad Battin, a former police officer, had spent almost a year focused overwhelmingly on crime. He was a man so eager to campaign on the issue, he once detoured to the scene of a fatal stabbing to hold a press conference before the body had been removed.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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