面对选举失利的前景，工党希望将堕胎定为关键议题，因为自由党正试图摆脱他们将监督堕胎权利倒退的指控。
Facing the prospect of election defeat, Labor is hoping to make abortion a defining issue as the Liberals attempt to stave off claims they would oversee a rollback Follow our Australian politics live blog for Victorian Labor’s plan to make abortion free has been years in the making. But make no mistake: the timing of the announcement is pure politics.
关注我们的澳大利亚政治直播博客，了解维多利亚工党让堕胎免费的计划。该计划酝酿已久。但请不要误解：该宣布的时机纯属政治。
On Thursday morning, the state’s health minister, Ingrid Stitt, announced if re-elected in November, Labor would invest $30m over four years to remove the out-of-pocket cost of abortion care, which can quickly add up to more than $1,000.
周四早上，该州卫生部长英格丽·斯蒂特宣布，如果在11月重新当选，工党将在四年内投资3000万澳元，以取消堕胎护理的自付费用，这些费用可能很快累计超过1000澳元。贝尼塔·科洛沃斯是《卫报》澳大利亚版维多利亚州通讯员
Benita Kolovos is Guardian Australia’s Victorian state correspondent