00:00She took the stage to a song about an underdog to rally the party faithful, hoping this is
00:11the end of their seemingly perpetual disappointment.
00:14Each and every one of you is here because you believe.
00:19Liberal luminaries watched on and lended their support.
00:23More of the same will be a disaster for the city that we all love.
00:29But the cheers weren't reserved for the leader.
00:32The Canberra Liberals team for Ginninderra.
00:35Embattled candidate Darren Roberts making an appearance two weeks after the revelation
00:41of his controversial social media posts.
00:44Elizabeth Lee also used the occasion to announce the Liberals would cap commercial rate increases
00:50at 2.2% and cut payroll tax for wages up to $5 million.
00:56They will save on average $24,000 compared to the ACT Labor Greens government.
01:03The man who currently controls the purse strings unconvinced the budget can afford it.
01:09If they intend to implement the policies that they've announced in the form that they have,
01:13the only way to pay for that is by cuts across other areas of the budget.
01:19The Liberals are confident their policies are sustainable.
01:23In a separate tourism package, the opposition committed to continuing
01:27with the Canberra theatre redevelopment and bringing back the supercars.
01:33There's no doubt the Liberal campaign has been less than perfect
01:37with distractions they'd rather have avoided.
01:40But the opposition's launch did feel energetic, arguably more so than Labor's.
01:45The question now is whether that energy can carry them to a long-awaited victory
01:50two weeks from today.
01:52And will the Liberals be raising their glasses to toast a new Chief Minister?
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