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Live: Victorian leaders ramp up election campaigns as royal commission continues

Live: Victorian leaders ramp up election campaigns as royal commission continues

As Labor and the Liberals continue their campaign push, One Nation has spoken with the ABC and the Greens have announced a new policy modelled on one launched in New York City.

Victorians will head to the polls on November 28 to decide who will hold the balance of power in the state for the next four years, with party leaders ramping up their campaigns.

The Big Build royal commission will also continue in its first block of hearings, with the first witnesses to be called today.

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Earlier this morning, One Nation's Victorian leader Warren Pickering spoke to 774 ABC Melbourne presenter Raf Epstein at Pakenham, where Mr Pickering is trying to win a lower house seat.

Mr Pickering was keen to stress that his party was "more than vibes" and had a plan to reduce Victoria's debt while lowering taxes.

However, he was not prepared to give any figures on how much his party would be prepared to reduce government income from taxes.

"Cost projections in this state have been vastly inaccurate for a decade now. Very rarely has a cost projection been correct," he says.

"Victorians don't need more numbers on a spreadsheet. They need a government with the political will to take decisive action."

He did confirm that his party wanted to abolish payroll tax in the regions to encourage more businesses to relocate from Melbourne.

Mr Pickering also says he would be perfectly happy to relinquish leadership of the party if he failed to get elected in Pakenham and another One Nation candidate was successful.

"I'm a team player. I've been a part of developing this party in Victoria since we were a three per cent party but it's never been about me, it's about developing the value set that we believe," he says.

"We're not taking Pakenham for granted, absolutely not, it's a tight-run thing and we've got work to do."

The Greens have pledged to make major concerts and events more affordable in Victoria, promising to launch a new lottery scheme for $50 tickets.

The party has dubbed its policy the Affordable Ticket Scheme, which would mandate that major events receiving state government funding or using state government-funded venues make a portion of tickets available through a lottery.

Only open to Victorian residents, the scheme would make $50 the maximum price of event tickets.

The Greens say its lottery would include events such as the Australian Open, major international concerts and sporting events such as the NFL, with the Greens committing an initial $2 million to establish the scheme.

The party said it modelled the scheme partially on one introduced by the mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, during the FIFA World Cup.

Greens leader Ellen Sandell said the scheme would open up events to Victorians who might otherwise not be able to afford them.

"Melbourne prides itself on being the sporting and live music capital of Australia, but more and more Victorians are being priced out of the very events that make our city great," Ms Sandell said.

"These events often receive enormous amounts of taxpayer funding, and many are held in venues built and maintained with public money. If organisers are benefiting from public funding, the public should get something back."

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage on the Victorian state election campaign.

Labor's big red bus is on the road again, while the Coalition and One Nation are fronting the media and the Greens have a new policy announcement.

Plus, the Big Build royal commission will call its first witnesses as the first block of public hearings continue.

We'll bring you all that here in our blog today.

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