April 9, 2026 — 10:43am
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Labor MPs will meet on Tuesday, as Premier Jacinta Allan is expected to announce the retirement of several ministers and a cabinet reshuffle ahead of the November state election.
MPs were on Thursday being told to be ready for a meeting on Tuesday, with the expectation that there would be a vote on cabinet vacancies.
Jacinta Allan has told MPs to prepare for a cabinet reshuffle next week.Wayne Taylor
Natalie Hutchins has already announced her retirement and left cabinet in December. But her portfolios were redistributed among existing ministers, and her cabinet position is yet to be filled.
Other names floated for retirement are Danny Pearson, Gayle Tierney and Mary-Anne Thomas.
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Pearson and Tierney have previously denied their intention to resign when asked. However, this has not dimmed speculation that they will not contest the upcoming election.
Further resignations have been expected since December, when Hutchins announced her retirement, because of Allan’s decision not to immediately elevate another MP into the ministry.
At the time, Labor MPs said Allan was waiting for further resignations to trigger a larger reshuffle.
Backbench MPs have spent the last week ringing around to shore up support for a promotion.
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Rachel Eddie is a Victorian state political reporter for The Age. Contact her at rachel.eddie@theage.com.au, rachel.eddie@protonmail.com, or via Signal at @RachelEddie.99Connect via X or email.From our partners