What the major parties are offering Corangamite

WITH the country preparing to head to the polls tomorrow (Saturday, May 3), Labor and the Coalition have outlined most of the election pledges they hope will win over voters.

Here is a round-up of the promises made for the region, at the time of writing, by the major parties during their campaigns.

In Corangamite, incumbent Labor MP Libby Coker has made five commitments impacting residents on the Bellarine Peninsula, the most significant being $68.2 million in additional funding for the second stage of the Barwon Heads Road upgrade.

According to the latest YouGov data, Coker, who has held Corangamite since 2019, looks poised to retain the seat over Liberal hopeful Darcy Dunstan and is leading the polls 55-45 per cent in a two-party preferred vote.

Coker and Dunstan have each matched funding commitments for several sporting facilities in the area, including $5 million for Ocean Grove’s Devlins Road Reserve and $5.45 million for the Drysdale Recreation Reserve.

Last week, Coker also announced a commitment to work with the Bellarine community to secure funding to build more basketball courts.

Among Dunstan’s commitments are a $3.5 million funding boost to help foodshare service Feed Me build a new distribution centre, $1.3 million for mobile tower upgrades across the electorate and $2.7 million for the final stage of upgrades at Anam Cara House Geelong.