‘We’ve come such a long way’: Labor’s Jacinta Allan on pushing gender equality forward in Victoria

The likely successor to Daniel Andrews as party leader says it's committed to overhauling women's health statewide - but there's always more to do

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As the likely successor to Daniel Andrews, Jacinta Allan is prepared for a lot of things. But seeing a premier tweeting about tampons was something she could never have fathomed when she was first elected two decades ago.

We've come such a long way in the time I've been in parliament," she says.

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