{"id":11090,"date":"2018-04-25T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T23:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2018-04-27T19:31:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T09:31:57","slug":"corangamite-heats-up-between-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/corangamite-heats-up-between-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Corangamite heats up between candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Caption:\u00a0\u201cMessmate Track has become a political battleground between Sarah Henderson and Libby Coker. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE political battle for the seat of Corangamite (or Cox) is heating up, with Labor candidate Libby Coker returning fire at incumbent Liberal MP Sarah Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Coker has been criticised several times by Ms Henderson \u2013 who mostly refers to her as \u201cLabor\u2019s Corangamite candidate\u201d \u2013 on a range of issues, including Ms Coker being conflicted in her dual roles as a Surf Coast Shire councillor and a federal candidate regarding possible road upgrades in Anglesea as part of the Anglesea Futures plan, and most recently, that Ms Coker has been duplicitous by arguing both for and against Colac being excluded from the electorate in the federal redistribution.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Ms Coker responded in the same fashion, saying \u201cthe Liberal Member for Corangamite needs to start standing up for the people of our area and stop playing fast and loose with the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaiming that 94 per cent of us have fast NBN, that cutting penalty rates is good for workers or that giving big banks a massive tax cut is a good thing is just playing us all for mugs. \u201cThey\u2019ve done the same with the Anglesea Bike Park and the Messmate Track \u2013 using taxpayer dollars to promote an alternative reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public expects better than this from their local MP. She needs to face up to the truth and stop her Liberal funding cuts to Barwon Health and Deakin University, and drop the lie that cutting workers\u2019 pay and a big tax cut for the banks are good for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabor will stand up for local health services, access to Medicare and education. We stand against cutting penalty rates and a corporate handout to the banks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public knows there is a clear choice in the coming election and I am always happy to speak to our community about our policies and the issues that people face in their day to day lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caption:\u00a0\u201cMessmate Track has become a political battleground between Sarah Henderson and Libby Coker. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR THE political battle for the seat of Corangamite (or Cox) is heating up, with Labor candidate Libby Coker returning fire at incumbent Liberal MP Sarah Henderson. 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