Riders Rally Over Potholes as Land Tax Cut Locked In

Voters have been promised a cut to controversial land taxes as hordes of motorcyclists demand pothole fixes be placed at the centre of Victoria’s election campaign. Opposition Leader Jess Wilson addressed the crowd—which organisers estimated was thousands-strong—at the “Broken roads, Broken promises” rally on Sunday, while Premier Ben Carroll said he had spoken to campaigners a day earlier about their concerns. One of the organisers, Michael White, told AAP that fixing the problem meant not just filling in potholes, but ripping up and redoing large sections of the state’s roads. “We don’t care what party it is, we want the roads fixed,” he said.