Overview
- Speaking in Bendigo, Premier Jacinta Allan rejected renewed spill rumours as "scallywag" gossip and said her team remains united.
- Senior ministers, including Treasurer Jaclyn Symes, publicly backed Allan, with no sign of numbers being counted for a challenge this week.
- Multiple Labor figures confirm preliminary cross‑faction discussions about alternatives have occurred, though there is no organised push in caucus.
- Deputy Premier Ben Carroll and Transport Infrastructure Minister Gabrielle Williams are cited in reports as potential contenders, but both deny plotting and pledge support for Allan.
- Persistently poor polling, including a Resolve rating of minus 37 and fallout from Big Build corruption revelations, is feeding internal anxiety ahead of the November election.