Labor MPs have already turned their minds to who will lead the party after the Victorian election, amid rising concerns Premier Ben Carroll has been unable to lift the government’s primary support.
Carroll replaced Jacinta Allan as Labor leader on July 28 after MPs feared she was leading them to an electoral wipeout. But Labor’s primary support remains in the mid-20s with 30 days left to polling day, and three party sources said some MPs had begun discussing who would lead after the election even if Carroll survives in his electorate of Niddrie.
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