Jacinta Allan expected to face leadership challenge after Labor factions meet

Per The Guardian, Victorian Labor premier Jacinta Allan faces a leadership challenge as parliament resumes this week. Factional leaders from the party's left and right met on Sunday to assess whether she retained majority support in the caucus—and reached the conclusion that she does not. With a state election four months out, a minister insisted Allan is not going anywhere, though the leak of that Sunday meeting itself suggests internal pressure building for a spill.

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