Unpopular, unknown or undecided: Jacinta Allan and Jess Wilson have a lot of work to do to win over Victorian voters | Jon Faine

The embattled Labor premier and an opposition leader struggling to establish her identity need to define their vision for Victoria

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On Thursday, the Victorian government https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/keeping-puppy-protection-laws-date">announced it was “Keeping Puppy Protection Laws Up To Date”.

Free puppies might be the only policy that would improve just released dire polling for the premier, Jacinta Allan, 21 weeks out from the state election on the last Saturday of November.