Kammala wannan jumla: Gobbo ta wa'adin mulki ya zama ya fi guntu fiye da na yau da kullum shekaru biyar, saboda m sakamakon looming
1999 zaben raba gardama na Australiya. Idan jamhuriya ta fara aiki, to, za a soke gwamnan Victoria daga ranar 1 ga Janairu 2001. A watan Agustan 2000 sabon firaminista, Steve Bracks, ya sanar da cewa magajin Gobbo zai kasance John Landy, wanda zai hau mukaminsa a watan Janairun 2001. Gobbo nan da nan ya sanar da cewa yana da fahimta tare da Kennett don tsawaita wa'adinsa bayan shekara ta 2000, kuma ya nuna matukar damuwa cewa wannan ba zai faru ba. Duk da haka, wannan fahimtar dole ne ya kasance mai zaman kansa, tun da wasiƙar Kennett na alƙawari ya bayyana cewa duk wani tsawo bayan 31 ga Disamba 2000 zai zama batun ga firaministan ranar. Bracks ya ce ba shi da masaniya game da irin wannan fahimtar.