Who is Ben Carroll, the man about to become Victoria’s next premier?

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In 2023, when then-public transport minister Ben Carroll failed in his surprising bid to secure the leadership of the Victorian Labor party, he told a press conference: “I was always very keen to rise.” The premier Daniel Andrews had resigned, believing he had locked in his succession plan: his loyal deputy Jacinta Allan as premier, and treasurer Tim Pallas as deputy. But Carroll, a relatively little-known junior minister from Labor’s diminished right faction, refused to fall into line. What was meant to be a short, box-ticking caucus meeting turned into a marathon debate, with Carroll threatening to challenge Allan for the leadership unless he was made deputy. The standoff reportedly…

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