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The defacto state election campaign rolled on today with the parties making pitches on the key issues of energy and housing. That will heat up when state parliament returns from its winter break this week but Labor still can't shake mutterings of party disunity and deep concern among MPs over Jacinta Allan's poll numbers. Today, one of the premier's key allies moved to hose down speculation of a leadership change, dismissing it as idle speculation.

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00:02Glossy brochures, housing plans and election slogans.
00:06Real change has a plan.
00:08We are fully focused on working for Victorians.
00:12There must be a state election in the air.
00:14We will take the responsible decision, the disciplined decision,
00:18and ensure that we put forward an energy security requirement
00:22to keep the lights on.
00:25The Liberals focusing on energy policy.
00:28This will be a technology-neutral approach,
00:31but it is our expectation that gas and batteries
00:33are likely to be the main part of this.
00:36We have no plans for nuclear.
00:38Labor zoning in on housing.
00:4060 centres now that are going to support more than 300,000 new homes.
00:48Unveiling plans for the final two high-density housing activity centres
00:52around trains and tram stops.
00:54Today's decision by the state government flies in the face of years
00:58of careful planning for Macaulay and the inner city.
01:02But the government is struggling to escape ongoing speculation
01:05around Jacinta Allen's grip on the leadership.
01:09Sonia Kilkenny dismissing the persistent backroom rumblings.
01:13She has my full support, and this idle gossip doesn't help Victorians.
01:17Every single minister and MP has stood by
01:20why this government has refused to listen to Victorians.
01:24Education minister and potential successor Ben Carroll is also facing heat.
01:30With the teachers' pay dispute continuing,
01:32he's now facing a challenge from so-called rebel unionists
01:36for his Nidri seat.
01:38We're running to win these seats and to push within Parliament
01:42to actually have a voice that says public education needs to be a priority.
01:45The pressure on Premier Jacinta Allen is set to continue this week,
01:50with State Parliament returning from its winter break on Tuesday.
01:53We're not at this point, we've been accustomed to donde
01:53This is common in Civil deployments for adults to stay nagging
01:53and on Tuesday you'll keep an eye on the rightful side.
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