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Dutton says Labor's road funding cuts in Aston a disaster'
Out of hiding and into the open, opposition leader Peter Dutton has been seen on the campaign trail in Aston today.
[Labor] haven't explained to the people of Aston why it is that they cut road funding as the first act in government, and it's quite remarkable.
It's a disaster for locals and people realise that the first act of the Albanese government was to cut road funding here in Aston ... They've never apologised for it, they never explained why.
There are a lot of Australian families who have heard Anthony Albanese promise before the last election on 97 occasions that he would reduce your power to $275. That was a promise he made before the election, he's never mentioned it since, not once.
So cost of living pressures are real for families and the opportunity in the election today is to send a very clear message to Labor that they shouldn't be cutting local road funding, and they shouldn't be abandoning this community.
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