For the Australian dollar traders, watch out for some political news over the weekend

An election in Australia's second most populous state, Victoria

  • State governments do not have much of an impact on national economic policy (hair splitters, feel free to argue amongst yourselves), fiscal nor monetary, so AUD impacts will be incidental only
  • nevertheless, you know what headlines, and algos that read 'em, are like

Do the scout thing and be prepared!

The smart money is on a slimy politician to win