Four Victorian Ministers have resigned in one day with premier Daniel Andrews announcing their temporary replacements and candidate for deputy premier.
The state’s transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan is currently the favourite for the role of deputy premier after James Merlino resigned from his post earlier this today.
James Merlino, police minister Lisa Neville, health minister Martin Foley and sport and major events minister Martin Pakula announced they would be stepping down form their roles in separate statements earlier today.
The four ministers said they would not be putting themselves forward for re-election and would be walking away from their positions as soon as suitable replacements were found.
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