The leader has been under increasing pressure on a number of fronts, chief among them the failure to disclose shares she held, prompting accusations of having a conflict of interest.
Labor MP Daniel Mulino argues that the capacity of the state to undertake income redistribution has reached its limits, but that the need for social insurance continues to grow.
The hardest thing for an ageing government is to remake itself. On balance, last week’s developments in Spring Street represent the first step towards Victorian Labor performing that elusive feat.