Although visible mending was once seen as a quiet, grassroots resistance movement to fast fashion, its popularity is fast growing.

Unpopular in the polls and with One Nation threatening to be a major force in the November state election, Labor has now headed into a period of leadership turmoil.

As the Moon starts getting crowded, questions of safety and responsibility are becoming hard to ignore.

The Andrews-Allan government has been in power for almost 12 years . But sliding popularity and leadership turmoil could see it lose its golden electoral touch.