Victoria premier Daniel Andrews announces resignation in snap press conference – video

Daniel Andrews has announced his retirement as the premier of Victoria after nearly nine years in office. He said he would visit Government House on Tuesday to hand in his resignation as premier and Labor member for Mulgrave, effective 5pm Wednesday. ‘When it’s time, it’s time,’ Andrews said. ‘Recently in talking to my kids and Cath [his wife], thoughts of what life will be like after this job have started to creep in. And I’ve always known that the moment that happens, it’s time to go, and to give this privilege – this amazing responsibility – to someone else’