Sarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

From the Prime Minister to the Premier, Labor has failed Victorians and overseen the decay of the once great state of Victoria. That is why it is critical to vote for Steve Murphy in Werribee and Rachel Westerway in Prahran at this weekend's by-elections. Victorians have had enough. We need to get Victoria back on track. Families are suffering. Small businesses are shutting their doors like never before. Victoria is being run off the cliff by economic mismanagement and incompetence at both a federal and a state level. Labor's rotten Big Build sees bikies and organised criminals continue to operate on work sites. Only a Dutton government can turn around our fortunes in Victoria—of course, then followed by a Brad Battin government in a couple of years time.

Just consider the work of Victorian federal Labor MPs. The member for Corio spending millions of dollars in VIP flights while local residents struggle to put food on the table, and prevailing over the axing of $2 billion for the Geelong Fast Rail project. The member for Corangamite failing to deliver her election promise, with more than two kilometres of duplicated road being cut from stage 2 of the Barwon Heads Road Upgrade. The member for Ballarat, who has been missing in action, delivering nothing for regional communities in three successive budgets. The member for Lalor, who has failed Melbourne's west, treating locals as second-class citizens. The member for Hawke, who has barely been seen on the streets of Sunbury, Melton or Baccus Marsh. The member for Bendigo, who has given unbridled support to John Setka and the CFMEU rather than her constituents. On Saturday, Victorians will get an opportunity to send a very strong message to this incompetent, destructive, weak Labor Party. Vote Liberal and help get Victoria back on track.