Liberal campaign stunt may backfire as ‘Ditch Dan ambulance’ prompts legal questions

Victorian opposition leader rubbishes suggestions restored vehicle could be mistaken for a real ambulance

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As the Victorian political press pack piled on to premier Daniel Andrews' Labor bus on Tuesday morning - the first official day of the state's election campaign - the opposition unveiled its own set of wheels.

With the Coalition ditching the campaign bus in the lead up to the 26 November election, it will instead rely on a Ditch Dan" restored circa 1970s ambulance travelling around the state to remind voters of the state's burdened healthcare system.

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