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Triumphs in small Australian state over right-wingers (9)

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I believe the answer is:

victories

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'triumphs in small australian' is the definition.
'victories' can be an answer for 'triumphs' ('victory' can be a synonym of 'triumph'). I'm not certain of the 'in small australian' bit.

'state over right-wingers' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'vic' (abbreviation for Victoria, Australian state).
'over' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'right-wingers' becomes 'tories' (Tory is an example).
'vic'+'tories'='VICTORIES'

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(Another definition for victories that I've seen is " Wins".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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