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Cutting tax, controlling population growth and improving living costs are among the Victorian Liberals key promises if elected to government next month. Flanked by his wife and three sons, Liberal leader Matthew Guy was greeted with a standing ovation as he walked to the stage for his campaign launch on Sunday. He told the party faithful he would help Victorians "get back in control" and promised a strong, stable government to deliver tax cuts, better infrastructure, lower cost of living expenses and one that would tackle high crime. "It highlights the choice Victorians have. A strong, stable government lead by the Liberal Nationals coalition or the chaos and dysfunction and lurch to the left that a Labor Greens alliance will bring," Mr Guy said. "The Liberal Nationals government will help get people back in control of their lives," he said. Among the hundreds who attended the event in leafy Ivanhoe were the federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg and past Liberal premiers Jeff Kennett, Ted Baillieu and Denis Napthine. While Mr Guy reiterated promises to address traffic congestion, improving public transport, population growth and cutting energy costs he also announced plans to cut taxes. "We will cut payroll tax in the regions to the lowest rate anywhere in Australia," Mr Guy said at the Sunday launch. "A Liberal nationals government will cut the payroll tax to one per cent in regional Victoria." He said out of control population growth was a key for Victorians and the state needed to have a greater say in how many people should come to the state. There would be a 50-50 weighting between federal and state governments to better manage population growth, he said. The would-be premier pledged an independent judicial inquiry into Labor's rorts for votes scheme. "I won't let Labor get away with theft, I won't let their corruption go uninvestigated," he said to cheers. The scheme was found to have misused $388,000 of taxpayer funds, which has since been repaid, by using public-paid electorate staff to campaign for Labor candidates. Victoria police are investigating. About a dozen protesters dressed as lobsters crashed the launch to jeer at those arriving, singing and dancing at the front of the venue in the northeastern suburbs. The Opposition leader has insisted the dinner meeting in April 2017 at the lavish Lobster Cave restaurant with alleged Melbourne mafia boss Tony Madafferi was not linked to politican donations. LIBERAL PROMISES: * Cutting pay roll tax to one per cent in regional Victoria * Establish an independent judicial inquiry into Labor's rorts-for-votes scheme * A royal commission into the CFA irefighters deal *Cut car registration by $295 for red P-Plate drivers Australian Associated Press

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