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Who Is Ben Carroll? Inside His Bid to Replace Jacinta Allan - Internewscast Journal
Factional chiefs say a caucus vote could force a leadership contest and a membership ballot under Labor rules that may take up to six weeks.
- On Sunday night, an extraordinary meeting of factional conveners resolved to move against Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's leadership, determining whether she retains caucus backing for the November 28 state election.
- Labor faces potential defeat four months before the state election, with the Resolve Political Monitor recording Allan's likeability at minus 36, while Opposition Leader Jess Wilson maintains a 43 per cent lead on preferred premier.
- A delegation of Labor MPs met Allan this morning to inform her she has lost majority caucus support, following long-standing concerns about her response to alleged CFMEU-linked corruption within taxpayer-funded Big Build projects.
- Defiant, Allan has written to the party secretary to prepare for a contested leadership ballot, refusing to resign, while Deputy Premier Ben Carroll is reconsidering his position despite previously ruling out a challenge.
- Under party rules, any leadership spill process could take up to six weeks to finalize, while Federal Liberal senator for Victoria James Paterson dismissed the potential change as "too little, too late.
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Who Is Ben Carroll? Inside His Bid to Replace Jacinta Allan - Internewscast Journal
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Victorian Premier Stands Firm Amid Leadership Challenge
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan faces a leadership crisis after a cross-factional delegation of Labor MPs informed her she no longer had the support of the majority of the caucus. Allan met the delegation of left and right faction MPs on July 27, where ministers and backbenchers urged her to resign. Deputy Premier Ben Carroll, from Labor’s right faction, will likely contest the leadership. A defiant Allan refused to stand down and wrote to Aus…
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right5Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
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- 47% of the sources lean Left
47% Left
L 47%
C 20%
R 33%
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