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The State Liberals have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for a new hospital in the Barossa if they win government at next month's election. It's the second major funding promise within the space of four days of the opposition leader's made in her own electorate. But Ashton Hurn's brushed off suggestions she's trying to shore up her political future.

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00:02A promise decades in the making.
00:04Because it's been spoken about for as long as I've been alive.
00:07The Liberals pledging $350 million for a new 100-bed Barossa Hospital.
00:13We need to make sure that we have the required health services
00:16so that we can be secure well into the future.
00:19Under the plan, the region's two existing hospitals would be replaced,
00:22but the exact location of the new facility
00:25and the timeline for delivery are still unclear.
00:28I want to see this happen as soon as possible.
00:31It was the opposition leader's second major announcement
00:33in her own electorate of Schubert in a matter of days.
00:37On Sunday, she promised $300 million of loans
00:40for growers and winemakers across the state.
00:43The things that she is announcing just weeks from the state election
00:46are very much targeted at trying to maintain and keep her own seat.
00:51I love being the local Member of Parliament,
00:53but the two announcements that we've made
00:55are all about the need for the broader state too.
00:58If recent polling is to be believed,
01:00this election could bring a damaging statewide swing
01:03against the Liberals, cutting deep into margins
01:06even in safe seats like this one.
01:08Ashton Hearn has balanced campaigning on state issues
01:11while keeping a strong focus on her own backyard.
01:14But Labor sources say Schubert isn't an electorate
01:17the party is targeting.
01:18On the main street of Tanunda, support for the local member.
01:22I vote Labor, but because I live in this area,
01:26I vote for Schubert and that's Ashton.
01:28And you don't see many politicians out there pounding the pavement like she does.
01:33She talked sense.
01:34A two-speed campaign with just over a month until polling day.
01:39Keep going with it today.
01:41See you in the next video.
01:41See you in the next video.
01:43And you can see you in the next video.
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