This weekend, the polls will close in Victoria’s state election. While the race is tightening, Premier Daniel Andrews is the strong favourite.

Over the last couple of years Andrews has become one of the most recognisable figures in Australian politics - but also one of the most divisive. 

So who is the Victorian premier really, and how did he cultivate his cult-like status?

Today, state political reporter and author of ‘Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia’s most powerful premier’ Sumeyya Ilanbey on Andrews' path to prominence.

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