After a tumultuous 24 hours, the Labor Party in Victoria has decided it will have Ben Carroll as its new leader and therefore Premier of Victoria.

This is after the state’s attorney-general Sonya Kilkenny, also nominated herself for the leadership following Premier Jacinta Allan stepping down this morning.

Kilkenny later pulled her candidacy - had the contest gone ahead, Labor would have been be embroiled in a weeks-long process of selecting their new leader.

Avoiding such a drawn-out process was a wise decision for the party, especially as there are just four months before the next election in Victoria.

For Carroll, however, winning the top job is just the start of the challenges he confronts as premier. There are several critical areas that need his urgent attention.

Allegations of corruption

One of the Victorian Labor party’s signature policies has been its focus on infrastructure. During the first term of the Daniel Andrews government, the party promised to remove 50 train level crossings across the state.

The government then moved onto bigger and even more ambitious projects. The state’s Big Build project, which........

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