Scott Morrison warns Victorian voters Anthony Albanese is controlling like Daniel Andrews

Scott Morrison has made a last ditch effort to scare Victorians against voting for Labor claiming that Anthony Albanese will be controlling like the state premier.

The prime minister warned voters the Opposition leader found power to be ‘very intoxicating’ and that he would govern in a similar style to premier Daniel Andrews.

‘It’s something that I’m sure Anthony Albanese would develop a very fast taste for, and I think that is very troubling for Victorians, who I think have had a gutful of governments that love getting in their lives and telling them what to do,’ he said. 

Scott Morrison (pictured) has made a last ditch effort to scare Victorians against voting for Labor claiming that Anthony Albanese will be controlling like the state premier

The prime minister warned voters the Opposition leader (pictured) found power to be ‘very intoxicating’ and that he would govern in a similar style to premier Daniel Andrews

Mr Andrews earned himself the nickname ‘Dictator Dan’ for his hardline response to the Covid pandemic (pictured, police arrest a protestor during a rally held in October)

‘They’ve had enough at a state level – could you imagine if you had it doubled down at a federal level?’ 

Mr Andrews earned himself the nickname ‘Dictator Dan’ for his hardline response to the Covid pandemic.

He dragged Victoria through the longest lockdown in the world after plunging the state into six lockdowns that lasted a consecutive 262 days.

The premier enforced some of the toughest-stay-at-home orders in the country with the widely-hated ring of steel limiting resident movements to five kilometres within their home. 

Mr Morrison labelled Mr Albanese a ‘complete pushover’ and ‘cash machine’ who would bend over backwards to take orders from Mr Andrews.

‘Labor like the control, they bathe in it, they like to be enveloped in it,’ he told Herald Sun. 

The prime minister has made the dig in an attempt to stir anti-Labor sentiment that has been growing in Melbourne’s outer seats like McEwen and Corangamite.

Mr Morrison has attempted to appeal to the region promising a $1.62billion investment in the Beveridge Interstate Freight Terminal.

Mr Andrews (pictured) dragged Victoria through the longest lockdown in the world after plunging the state into six lockdowns that lasted a consecutive 262 days

The premier enforced some of the toughest-stay-at-home orders in the country with the widely-hated ring of steel limiting resident movements to five kilometres within their home

The construction of the 100 hectare freight and transport complex would create up to 20,000 new jobs. 

Labor has refused to back the proposal with infrastructure spokeswoman Catherine King labelling it a ‘fake commitment’.

‘[The Morrison government] doesn’t actually care about building infrastructure, they just want to pick fights,’ she told The Age.

‘The people of north-west Melbourne won’t be conned by a fake commitment of money that is off in the never never from a government that has broken every promise it made in McEwen’.

The Coalition government has yet to deliver on its promise to build $13billion worth of new road and rail projects.

The works have been stalled by incomplete planning, cost blowouts and arguments over funding.

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Mr Morrison labelled Mr Albanese a ‘complete pushover’ and ‘cash machine’ who would bend over backwards to take orders from Mr Andrews

‘Labor like the control, they bathe in it, they like to be enveloped in it,’ Mr Morrison said

Mr Morrison has blamed the state government for refusing to cooperate on the projects and promised he will ‘keep working on it and try to get done what you can get done’ to finish them over the next three years.

A fresh opinion poll shows the race has tightened in the final week with the coalition edging higher, confirming the trend see in other vote trackers in previous days.

Labor has a narrow primary vote lead over the government at 36 per cent to 35 per cent, excluding undecided voters, according to the Ipsos poll published in The Australian Financial Review on Friday.

On a two-party preferred basis, Labor is ahead 53 per cent to 47 per cent, after the allocation of preferences based on the last election in 2019.

Mr Albanese is tracking at 42 per cent on the preferred prime minister Ipsos measure, against 39 per cent for Mr Morrison.