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

Opposition leader Jess Wilson grimaced as the ‘Jess Express’, carrying Liberals and reporters, backs into the structure in suburban Melbourne

The Victorian Liberal party’s first offical day on the campaign trail has hit a snag, after its campaign bus reversed into the awning of a shopfront.

The “Jess Express”, a large blue bus emblazoned with an image of the opposition leader, Jess Wilson, was unveiled on Friday, 12 days after Labor launched its own red equivalent.

Featuring Wilson’s slogan, “A Fresh Start for Victoria”, the bus also carries a warning to motorists on its rear: “Dodging Labor’s potholes.”

But it wasn’t Labor’s potholes or political spin that brought the bus undone.