Victorian unions break with Labor: attack ads, funding pull ahead of state election

Two major Victorian unions, the ASU and ETU, have publicly broken with the state Labor government a month before the election. The ASU is running attack ads accusing Premier Ben Carroll of lying and has withdrawn doorknocking support, while the ETU is diverting campaign funds to legal defense at a royal commission. This signals a significant erosion of Labor's traditional union base, potentially weakening its electoral prospects and complicating its campaign narrative.

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