The Age·3 min read·medium
Carroll’s long run: Can the boy from Airport West outrun Andrews’ ghost?
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Clay Lucas, Adam Carey
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Ben Carroll has been appointed as the new Premier of Victoria, Australia, replacing Jacinta Allan in a desperate move by the Labor Party to avoid a major electoral defeat. The party is struggling with low polling numbers and voter frustration following the tenure of former leader Daniel Andrews.
Labor has turned to a “studious, serious” child of the west to save itself from electoral oblivion. But Ben Carroll has only a brief chance to right a rocking ship.
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