ANALYSIS
After nearly four years it seems fitting that the last day of the Baillieu-Napthine Parliament has been rocked by allegations of a Spring Street porn ring.
Rarely has a government been so unable to use Parliament to spruik its agenda and get on with its business.Credit: Andrew De La Rue
Until this week just about the only thing missing from the chaotic 57th Parliament - during which a premier was forced to quit, a Speaker was rolled, and a rogue MP faced court - was a seedy scandal of this kind.
The lurid claims of "granny porn" and bestiality videos in the Premier's department come complete with claims of Coalition MPs viewing the material and have exposed voters to more scenes of chaos in government.
Dismissed as the bizarre ranting of a disgruntled sacked employee by Premier Denis Napthine, Don Coulson's claim follows, almost 18 months later, Tristan Weston and his secret tapes, which helped trigger Ted Baillieu's downfall.
Thursday is Baillieu's last day in the parliament after 15 years.
Rarely has a government been so unable to use Parliament to spruik its agenda and get on with its business.
Geoff Shaw has been more than a thorn in the government's side, he's been a wrecking ball. Voters associate this Parliament with regular scenes of pandemonium .
Even when Napthine declared he would not be held to ransom by Shaw, the Coalition was still distracted from its core business of government.
And here we are again.
On Thursday morning, in the pristine parliamentary grounds, the Premier again had to defend a scandal gripping his government, one that originated in the office of Premier and involving MPs.
It has not been a good couple of weeks for the government. Just last week in the wake of the government's triumphant signing of East West Link, Napthine hoped to build momentum on job creation to combat the state's high unemployment.
But that too went pear-shaped, with a bizarre press event absent of detail and the Premier unable to give even the simplest detail. It was more disorder.
Labor, not bereft of its own scandal, what with its own USB scandal over the stolen dictaphone and police investigation, has been able to sit back and have a pretty smooth ride.
Thankfully the mayhem can now end. Maybe. Voters have 43 days to decide if this chaos will affect their vote.