Liberal and Labor campaign launches mirror the mood in each camp

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The Liberals have warned against hubris at the party’s Victorian election campaign launch while Labor’s Ben Carroll at times sounded like he has already lost.

The contrast was stark as the Liberal and Labor parties launched their campaigns for one of the most consequential Victorian elections in history on Sunday.

The Liberals packed more than 500 people into the expansive rooms at The Glasshouse in Olympic Park, the home of Collingwood Football Club. Labor squashed around 250 people into a tiny community centre in Moonee Ponds in Melbourne’s inner north west, in an attempt to create enthusiasm.

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