Jacinta Allan has repeatedly refused to put her job on the line as part of the Victorian government’s youth crime crackdown.

Premier Allan faced a tense grilling from reporters on Thursday as the Victorian government announced tough new measures to target criminals who recruit kids to commit crime.

She announced the offence of recruiting a child to engage in a violent offence would increase from 10 to 15 years, while a new aggravated offence will be created with a maximum life sentence.

The announcement came one day after the Victorian government took inspiration from the Queensland LNP with its own “adult time for violent crime” policy.

But while Queensland Premier David Crisafulli went to last year’s election promising to resign if his “adult time for adult crime” failed to reduce cr

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