In 150 days, Victorians get to do something the Allan Labor Government should fear: vote.
Ask people across our region what’s keeping them up at night and the answer is consistent – the cost of living, crime, and health. The financial squeeze is very real – it’s a mortgage that’s grown, a grocery bill that’s doubled, and a tax burden piled higher by a Labor government that has run this state into record debt. It’s families feeling less safe in their own homes and towns. And it’s the worry that when you need an ambulance or a hospital bed, it won’t be there in time.
Then there are our roads – crumbling, patched, and dangerous – and our schools, left to degrade while a city-centric Labor government looked the other way.
None of this is bad luck. It’s the result of Labor’s choices. Regional Victoria makes up 25 per cent of this state, yet under this government we’ve received just 12pc of new infrastructure spending. We are paying full price for half the service.
Country people aren’t asking for handouts. We’re asking for our fair share – and Labor has ignored us for too long.
The only way to change this government is to put Labor last and vote for the Nationals and Liberals – the only genuine alternative ready to govern. A protest vote that doesn’t end in a change of government changes nothing.
In 150 days, we get to do exactly that. I’d encourage every regional Victorian to look hard at what the Allan Labor Government has delivered, weigh it against what’s on offer, and make their voice impossible to ignore.
Annabelle Cleeland MP
Member for Euroa
