Jacinta Allan: the rise of Victoria’s woman most likely
For political insiders, Jacinta Allan’s elevation as premier is the culmination of one of the most assiduous and well-planned political ascensions ever seen.
Jacinta Allan strode into the concrete bunker of Victorian parliament’s newly refurbished members’ entrance on Wednesday morning prepped for battle.
But members who by mid-afternoon would elect the mother-of-two and two-decade parliamentary veteran as the state’s 49th premier insist there was never any uncertainty how the day’s events would unfold.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
