Labor's toll cap pledge

Premier Ben Carroll announced Labor would cap freeway tolls at thirty dollars weekly if re-elected, applying to individuals and small businesses through a rebate system starting January twenty twenty-seven.

How Labor's toll plan works

The scheme allows maximum weekly rebates of three hundred fifty dollars, or five thousand dollars yearly. Cars, utes, motorbikes and vans qualify, with small businesses claiming for up to five vehicles.

Coalition's competing toll offer

Opposition Leader Jess Wilson previously pledged a fifty dollar weekly toll cap for two years, mirroring Labor's approach. The Coalition's plan costs ninety million dollars yearly from July twenty twenty-seven.

Coalition targets gas ban repeal

The Coalition pledged to reverse Labor's ban on gas connections in new homes within one hundred days of winning office. Wilson said this would give Victorians choice in heating and cooking.

“Under a Liberals and Nationals government that I lead, Victorians will have a choice about how they heat their homes, how they cook their meals and how they run their businesses.”

Wilson attacks Labor's gas policy

Wilson claimed Labor's gas ban increases costs for new builds by up to fifteen hundred dollars and raises expenses for existing gas users, calling it an ideological war on gas.

“Under Labor's ideological war on gas, we are seeing increasing costs to Victorians, whether its the opportunity to build a new home, adding up to $1,500 cost to a new build…or those who already have gas in their home.”

Election day set for November

Victorians will head to the polls on November twenty-eighth as both major parties compete on cost-of-living pledges in the final weeks of campaigning.