{"id":2367,"date":"2018-11-27T08:58:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midlandexpress.com.au\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2018-11-27T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T22:20:18","slug":"strong-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/featured\/2018\/11\/27\/strong-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Daniel Andrews has declared Victoria &#8220;the most progressive state in the nation&#8221; following Victorian Labor&#8217;s landslide win over the Liberal Nationals in Saturday&#8217;s state election.<br \/>\nSignificant swings to Labor across the state were mirrored in local electorates with Labor MPs Mary-Anne Thomas and Maree Edwards returned easily in their seats of Macedon and Bendigo West respectively.<br \/>\nAt the time of going to press yesterday, with absentee votes still to be counted, Ms Thomas was well ahead of Liberal candidate Amanda Millar on primary first-preference votes with 48.98 per cent to Ms Millar&#8217;s 32.38 per cent, and extended her lead in the two-candidate preferred vote with 62.76 per cent to Ms Millar&#8217;s 37.24 per cent.<br \/>\nIt marked a swing of about nine per cent to Labor in the seat, with the margin extended from 3.8 per cent at the 2014 election to 12.7 per cent.<br \/>\nMs Thomas told the <i>Midland Express <\/i>she believed the message voters had sent to all parties was that they needed governments to deliver the services and infrastructure they were crying out for.<br \/>\n&#8220;We need good schools, we need kindergarten and sporting facilities, transport services that can be relied upon, and people could see that the Andrews Government was delivering that right across the state,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nIn Bendigo West, Ms Edwards was also returned to office with an even greater margin of votes, polling 54.4 per cent of the first preference votes, to finish well ahead of Liberal candidate Kevin Finn&#8217;s 27.36 per cent.<br \/>\nThe result represented a 6.6 per cent swing to 18.7 per cent at the time of going to press, well up on the 2014 result of 12.2 per cent.<br \/>\nIn the two-candidate preferred vote, Ms Edwards finished with a whopping 68.66 per cent of the vote, with Mr Finn obtaining 31.14 per cent.<br \/>\nMs Edwards said the result meant the community could look forward to the state government implementing the commitments it made during the election campaign.<br \/>\n&#8220;We (Labor) received a strong endorsement state-wide, which I see as recognition for our mandate and what we want to achieve as a government. It&#8217;s quite remarkable,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2371\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Election-2-Website-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas at the Romsey polling booth on Saturday.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Election-2-Website-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Election-2-Website.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas at the Romsey polling booth on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victorian Labor pledged more than $150 million in infrastructure in Macedon and Bendigo West (excluding the investment the government will be making in free dental and three-year-old kinder across the state)<br \/>\n<b>Pledged for Macedon: <\/b><br \/>\nMacedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct $11,600,000<br \/>\nNew Gisborne Primary School $3,100,000<br \/>\nHanging Rock Strategic Plan $3,000,000<br \/>\nEcotherapy Park $718,000<br \/>\nCommunity festivals in Hepburn and Macedon Ranges Shires $200,000<br \/>\nUpgrade to 2nd Woodend Scout Group&#8217;s facility $200,000<br \/>\nRiddells Creek station upgrade $950,000<br \/>\nStation and Saunders Road $11,700,000<br \/>\nGisborne-Kilmore Road and Melbourne Road $12,500,000<br \/>\nOpen up new local fishing spots TBC<br \/>\nNew school and kinder in the south of Gisborne TBC<br \/>\nHepburn three-year-old kinder by 2012 TBC $5 billion (total package)<br \/>\nMore bus services for Romsey and Lancefield TBC $10 million (total package)<br \/>\nRiddells 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