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Dear Editor, Victorians are staring down the barrel of a cost of living crisis.

They need relief on their household bills and more room in their weekly budget to keep the pantry stocked. This isn’t a problem that is months away, it’s currently on our doorstep, and every day of inaction from Daniel Andrews and Labor Government is another day Victorians are forced to make their weekly budget stretch as far as possible.

We have seen gas and electricity prices continue to climb, with one gas company announcing it will increase Victorian household gas bills by 26.7 per cent. And the Andrews Labor Government’s attempt to revive the SEC will do little to drive down energy prices. So far, all the SEC has achieved is high salary jobs for friends of the Labor Party.

The summer school holidays are about to draw to a close, the average primary school student needs $500 for stationary, uniforms and books to commence term one, that figure is more than $700 for a secondary student.

Instead of Labor looking after their own, they should be offering immediate assistance to hardworking families – such as back to school vouchers which have previously been called for by the Liberals and Nationals. No student should be starting the year behind the eight-ball, but it may be a harsh reality for many Victorian students.

Victorians don’t need over-budget, over-time major projects that are decades away from opening, they need common sense solutions to help their weekly budgets now.

Peter Walsh, Leader of The Nationals -Member for Murray Plains