Where a political leader traditionally spends the morning before an election in media blitzkrieg, the Victorian premier offered dead air | Chip Le Grand
He didn’t go on any of the morning TV shows and didn’t do any radio spots. He has refused to go on the two leading talk stations, ABC Radio and 3AW, throughout the campaign.
The electorate is particularly fractious, with much of the post-COVID discord gathering outside the early polling booth in Mulgrave.Andrews said he voted early with his wife and two adult children at a city booth because it was the most convenient time and place for them to do it. When asked if some of the Mulgrave campaign had become unsavoury, he carefully replied: “I’m not making any comments about any particular booths but I think voters just want to vote.
What should you do if you are a voter who likes what Labor is offering but wants to see the back of the premier? Matthew Guy dedicated the final day of his campaign to the fiscal consequence of the government’s enormous infrastructure agenda and pandemic spending, the state’s looming $167 billion debt.
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