Victorian Labor bid to amend constitution to keep state ownership of SEC may end up in high court, says expert

Daniel Andrews' election pledge would mean future parliament would require super majority' to privatise State Electricity Commission

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A promise by Victoria's premier, Daniel Andrews, to amend the state's constitution to protect public ownership of the revived State Electricity Commission could be the subject of a future high court challenge, a constitutional law expert says.

Andrews said on Tuesday a re-elected Labor government would introduce legislation to amend the constitution to ensure the SEC - which was privatised in the 1990s - could not be sold again.

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