In the wake of the Victorian Liberal party's huge losses in the Victorian election at the weekend, there's growing concern among party members that the federal election will go the same way.
But former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard is still confident the coalition can retain power at the next federal election in May next year.
Speaking to the A-B-C's 7-30, Mr Howard said people shouldn't be using Victoria's election results as an indicator of what the federal election outcome will be
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