Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Jul-26

Prior to former Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s resignation yesterday, she faced months of leadership speculation and was beset by allegations of corruption related to the CFMEU, the State’s contentious ‘Big Build’ project, and widespread perceptions of financial mismanagement which came to a head this week. Almost one-in-ten Victorians, 8.8%, nominated former Premier Jacinta Allan as someone they distrusted and only 1.5% of Victorians said they trusted former Premier Jacinta Allan before she resigned as leader – a disastrous Net Distrust result of -7.3 for Allan. In contrast, Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has a Net Trust result of +6.1, a far more positive result than any other Victorian political figure. Wilson was trusted by 7.6% of Victorians, and only 1.5% of respondents said they distrusted Wilson. The leading reason mentioned by those who distrusted former Premier Jacinta Allan is ‘Corruption and CFMEU/ Big Build Issues’ (45% of distrusters), just ahead of ‘Financial mismanagement’ (42%). ‘Lies and dishonesty’ were mentioned by a third (33%) of distrusters, almost a quarter said that Allan was ‘Bad for Victoria’, and 15% claimed that Allan was pursuing ‘Self-interest over public good’, according to a special Roy Morgan SMS Poll with 1,854 Victorians aged 18+ conducted from 20-22 July 2026.

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