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Victorian election campaign launch LIVE updates: Ben Carroll and Jess Wilson kick off Labor and Liberal campaigns ahead of 28 November

Published by The Sydney Morning Herald · Australia 9 h ago
Ben Carroll takes to the stage in Moonee PondsPatrick Hatch
Ben Carroll takes to the stage in Moonee PondsPatrick Hatch · The Sydney Morning Herald

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Welcome to our rolling live coverage of the campaign launches for the Victorian state election, now under two weeks away.

“Every election is a choice. Victorians have never faced a choice like this,” he said.

“Labor’s plan to invest in health and vital services to help working people, and the Liberal One Nation plan to cut services and hurt working people.”

Carroll, who displaced Jacinta Allan as premier in July, said he was taking Labor on a “new direction” after 12 years in power.

“A new direction that is all about investing in and fighting for working people, easing cost of living pressures, and going for growth, he said.

“It requires hard decisions and careful management of the budget, but Labor’s plan will work.”

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