Labor has ramped up its attacks on Aston Liberal candidate Roshena Campbell, accusing her of hypocrisy for claiming tens of thousands of dollars in ratepayer funded childcare entitlements while criticising Labor’s expanded subsidies
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“The last time Labor was in government childcare costs increased 53 per cent. They’re rising again now. Labor’s results don’t always match their rhetoric.” Labor’s candidate Mary Doyle also lives outside Aston, but her supporters are quick to point out she is in Mitcham in the adjacent electorate of Deakin.Australian Electoral Commission boss Tom Rogers has meanwhile warned of lower-than-expected early voter turnout ahead of this week’s poll.
A little more than 14,200 Aston voters had cast an early ballot as of Monday night, out of a total enrolment of 110,331 people.
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