Who rules Victoria?

But how representative of the protesters were the neo-fascists?

The Age's Chip Le Grand intrepidly approached one of the dangerous riff-raff.

Le Grand wrote: "Tim, a self-employed tradie and father of two, is sitting with a friend on the grassy slope that leads up to Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance.

"In a quiet voice, he explains the frustration and despair he feels at seeing what is happening to a city where, until recently, he planned to raise his family.

"We've sat idle for 18 months and watched this state deteriorate; people losing their jobs and kids not going to school," he says.

"I'm a parent, I'm a husband, I'm a veteran and I have completely lost faith in this government.″

Chip was obviously lucky to escape unharmed after encountering such a violent extremist.

The rebellion by construction unionists and other workers in the sector represents a small but significant crack in Labor's power base.

It was largely the result of the state's disastrous Covid record, which can be traced to the dysfunction of the other most important pillar of Labor's dominance of Victoria, which will be explored in a subsequent piece.