维多利亚州州长贾辛塔·艾伦周二上午9:30宣布辞职[1]，称将不在11月州选中竞逐班迪戈东区议席[1]。随后在州议会工党党团会议中，本·卡罗尔击败检察总长索尼亚·基尔肯尼当选新党领导人[1]，成为该州第50任州长[1]。卡罗尔与加布里埃尔·威廉姆斯于中午12:30在政府大宅宣誓就职[1]，威廉姆斯以三分之二的票数当选副州长[1]。
卡罗尔上任伊始即公布改革议程。他在下午1:30宣布首项行动是设立建筑部门皇家委员会调查腐败问题，并任命特别检控官[1]。卡罗尔承诺在11月选举前赋予反腐机构IBAC"跟踪资金"权力[1]，这比前州长艾伦原计划的2027年大幅提前[1]。在阐述执政理念时，卡罗尔表示将以"完全不同的方式"做事，强调"我不是丹尼尔·安德鲁斯，我也不是贾辛塔·艾伦"[1]。
Ben Carroll has been elected as Victoria's 50th Premier following the resignation of Jacinta Allan, who announced her departure on Tuesday morning and declared she will not contest her Bendigo East seat in November's state election [1]. Carroll defeated Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny in the parliamentary Labor caucus meeting to secure the leadership position [1]. Gabriel Williams was elected Deputy Premier, winning the position with two-thirds of the vote [1]. Carroll and Williams were sworn in at Government House at 12:30 p.m. [1].
In his first major act as Premier, Carroll announced the establishment of a royal commission to investigate corruption in the building sector and appointed a special prosecutor to lead the inquiry [1]. He has committed to granting the state's anti-corruption body, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), "follow the money" powers before November's election, expediting a timeline previously planned for 2027 [1]. Carroll signaled a break from his predecessors, stating he would operate in "a completely different way" and emphasizing: "I am not Daniel Andrews, and I am not Jacinta Allan" [1].