Maybe to close to the election to change him so they will stick with him.
The dictaphone was later obtained by party assistant secretary Kosmos Samaras.
He destroyed the device after hearing a private conversation he had with the reporter but kept a recording of Mr Baillieu attacking several colleagues. After receiving legal advice, he demanded the Baillieu recording not be released.
Mr Andrews’s troubles have deepened as powerbrokers across the factions have swung in behind the ALP’s state headquarters, backing the version of events articulated by Mr Samaras and party secretary Noah Carroll.
This means that speculation over who from Labor leaked the recording is focused heavily on Mr Andrews’s personal office amid anger that no one has been held to account for directly or indirectly leaking the recording to the Liberal Party.
Mr Andrews does not have the full backing of his Socialist Left faction, instead relying on several frontbenchers and MPs in his sub-grouping which has attempted to rally support behind Mr Andrews.
The strategy has included imposing a gag — which has failed — on MPs discussing the scandal with the media, a decision that has further angered MPs as they try to prepare for the November 29 election.
