Candidate statement: Paul Matheson (Liberal)

I WILL be a strong voice for the community and only a change of government will fix the health crisis, reward hard-working families, and give Victoria the fresh start it deserves.

With my background in agriculture, and over 26 years serving the community, where I have led high-performing teams, I understand the unique challenges we face throughout Sunraysia. The last few years I have also led the Sunraysia Football and Netball League, where we have addressed the burden of COVID and unnecessary overreach by our State Government.

If elected on Saturday, a Matt Guy Liberal Government will hit the ground running and take immediate action to deliver our real solutions plan for all Victorians.

Our first order of business will be to introduce legislation to repeal Daniel Andrews’ pandemic laws, and ensure that the lockdowns and mandates of the COVID pandemic can never happen again.

We will immediately lead the parliament to consider and pass legislation prior to Christmas to increase the stamp duty exemption threshold for new home buyers to $1 million, seek funding for our Bill Buster Electricity Bill, while working on halving the elective surgery waiting list.

We will also introduce legislation that week to legislate a debt cap, cut seven Labor taxes and establish a Victorian gas for Victorians gas reserve.

We have already committed to many worthwhile local projects, but more importantly we will: build a new Mildura Hospital, ensure 25 per cent infrastructure spend in rural Victoria, fix the freight network and make our roads safe, and reduce the cost of living with “real solutions”.

Vote Liberal to make real change.

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