Jacinta Allan wished she did not get out of bed today.
* The states waiting lists for social housing have increased by 3,000 in just 3 months.
* There is no relief on the relenting interest costs and looming Credit Down Grade.
* Protestors at the Landforces 24 Defence conference have become violent with some spraying acid at police and some protestors, in a planned move, slashed airhoses on large trucks rendering them undriveable.
* And to top it off the latest Resolve Monitor Poll for Victoria dropped today. The Primary Vote is unchanged with LNP on 37% versus Labor 27%.
The big message is that Jacinta Allan is now within a hair's breadth of being overtaken by John Pesutto as Preferred Premier. Allan sits on 30% versus Pesutto on 29%. Allan has now fallen 11% in 12 months. Since the New Year Pesutto has risen 7% and Allan has fallen 4%.
A year ago, when Allan took over from Daniel Andrews, 38 per cent of voters preferred her as premier over Pesutto, who trailed on 19 per cent, giving Allan a 19-point lead. Since then, Allan’s personal support has steadily declined eight percentage points to 30, while Pesutto has gained 10 points to sit at 29 per cent.
Dr Zareh Ghazarian, a senior lecturer at Monash in politics, said the poll signalled a “big shift in Victorian politics”, with the latest survey suggesting the downward trend for the government “seemed to be sticking”.
“Labor appears to be in all sorts of electoral trouble, and it has coincided with Daniel Andrews leaving and the new premier taking over,” he said.
“Most concerning for the Labor Party is that the shift seems to have consolidated over the past three months. There is no longer any bouncing around; it’s four solid months of being behind.”
