Beware Victorian politicians pledging to cure the health system

A rash of major health announcements is sure to spread further before the state election - but the devil is in the detail

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It's no coincidence that Victoria's premier, Daniel Andrews, has been standing alongside his health minister Mary-Anne Thomas at 12 of the 13 press conferences he's held in the past six weeks. Andrews wants health to be - quite literally - front and centre as the state heads to the polls in November.

This is not unusual for the Labor party heading to an election, but unlike previous campaigns, the Victorian Coalition is also pledging to spend billions on the health system, which their leader, Matthew Guy, has described as sick" prior to the pandemic.

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