# Liberal campaign bus crashes into shop awning on its first outing of Victorian election campaign

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/liberal-campaign-bus-crashes-into-shop-awning-on-its-first-outing-of-victorian-election-campaign/
- Published: 2026-11-06T02:28:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T02:49:22+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/06/liberal-jess-wilson-campaign-bus-crashes-into-shop-first-day-victorian-election
- Topics: Elections, Politics, Software, Technology, World

## Key points

- The Liberals’ new campaign bus struck a shop awning in Bentleigh.
- The awning was damaged, but nobody was injured.
- The party is targeting Bentleigh ahead of Victoria’s 28 November election.

## Summary

The Victorian Liberal Party’s campaign launch was disrupted when its new “Jess Express” bus hit a jewellery shop awning while reversing into a parking space in suburban Melbourne. The incident damaged the awning but caused no injuries, and the party contacted the shop’s owners with its details.

The bus, carrying Liberal leader Jess Wilson, party members and reporters, was making its first campaign outing with candidate Tynan Putt in Bentleigh. Wilson joked that the owners could identify who was responsible because her face was on the bus; it sustained only minor scratches. The party is targeting the seat, held by Labor MP Nick Staikos on an 8% margin, ahead of the 28 November election. A recent poll put the Coalition ahead of Labor 55–45 on a two-party-preferred basis.

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