Albanese says attacks on Dan Andrews ‘low point in journalism’ as News Corp vitriol continues after resignation

Murdoch papers declare the premier's electoral popularity was a cult' and his legacy nothing but a state deep in debt'

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The Sunday Herald Sun's front-page photo of the stairs which broke Daniel Andrews' back was a low point in journalism", Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday as the Victorian premier's exit was farewelled with brickbats in much of the media.

Andrews' electoral popularity over nine years was a cult" and his legacy was nothing but a state deep in debt", according to the front pages of two major critics: Murdoch's Herald Sun and national broadsheet the Australian.

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