ANOTHER week, another mountain of millions in election promises.
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The weekend before Victorians head to the polls, both major parties were spending big at the weekend, with Labor more than matching the Coalition’s pledge for a cardiac hospital in Melbourne, and the Liberals offering extra front-line police.
But while things are heating up in the eight or so marginal seats that will determine the result, the so-called race seems to be slowing to a snail’s pace in the North East.
Less than two dozen people attended a rally in Wodonga’s Woodland Grove early yesterday to hear the pitch of their Benambra candidates and quiz them.
Rally organiser Alan Lappin said he believed people had become apathetic and were sick of hearing about politics.
Such an attitude is perhaps understandable in a region where most believe the poll outcome is a done deal.
But that’s no reason to not care what happens in the rest of the state, keeping in mind the party most likely to form government, Labor, won’t even releasing its costings until Thursday — just one full day out from polling day.
The North East may not decide who wins, but your votes still count and can send a message either way.