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The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan , has emerged unscathed from the last Labor caucus meeting before the winter break, telling reporters she will “absolutely” lead the party to November’s state election. Briefly speaking to reporters on the way out, she said the meeting was “fantastic,” with MPs discussing the week ahead in parliament and the need to focus on the working people they represent. The deputy premier, Ben Carroll , considered her most likely challenger, walked into the meeting with Allan. Afterwards, he told reporters that “no one” had spoken to him about a leadership spill: double quotation mark It’s not coming from me, I’ve been a loyal deputy to Jacinta Allan for three years, and that remains the case. He said the premier told the room to be “united and disclipined”. When asked whether he wanted MPs to start focusing on the election and the challenge ahead, Carroll said: double quotation mark Yes because internal politics is not what Victorians want. As we’ve seen, Labor is leaking to One Nation, the conservatives are hemorrhaging to them. While he conceded Labor was polling poorly, he said the party could “turn it aroud” and win in November: double quotation mark We’re in the fight of our lives and we’re going to win the election in November … you wacth the papers the next day. We will turn this around and we will win in November. Victorian premier Jacinta Allan. Photograph: James Ross/AAP