Bad for Libs, bad for Labor? Take your pick on which report makes best sense of a by-election in a Labor-held seat so safe for Labor that the Liberals ran no candidate: The Age: The Napthine government's tenuous grip on power has weakened, after Labor won the Lyndhurst byelection and picked up an extra seat in the Victorian Parliament. The Australian: VICTORIAN Labor has suffered a double-digit hit to its primary vote in a by-election in a heartland state seat of Lyndhurst. The result sparking immediate concerns about the ALP brand and the performance of the Gillard government. Labor's primary vote dived by about 10 points in the south-east suburban electorate of Lyndhurst, amid a poor voter turnout and high informal vote. Thanks to reader Tom.