I can fix it, yes I can, says Ted the Builder

TED Baillieu has taken a Bob the Builder approach to the election, adopting a campaign mantra to "fix the problems, build the future".

Opposition leader Ted Baillieu needs to take 13 seats from Labor to win government in Victoria. Picture: Paul Loughnan

TED Baillieu has taken a Bob the Builder approach to the election, adopting a campaign mantra to "fix the problems, build the future".

Launching two television advertisements yesterday with the slogan that echoes the ubiquitous animated children's character tagline "Can we fix it? Yes we can", the Opposition Leader said Victoria had many problems that "his team" were going to repair if elected.

"We will be very strongly committing to fix the problems in Victoria," Mr Baillieu said.

"There are many problems: we are going to fix the problems on our public transport system, we are going to fix problems with our policing and law and order . . . and we are going to fix problems in the health system, we are going to fix problems in the planning system, we are going to fix problems across Victoria . . . we do have the team, we do have the plan. There is much to do."

Mr Baillieu said part of this plan was to establish five "satellite' offices of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the regional cities of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Seymour and Bairnsdale. He said the construction of the offices meant people living in country areas would get access to government rather than having to "write endless letters" to bureaucrats.

"We are going to cut through the bureaucracy and get these problems fixed," he said.

"We are going to give people in rural and regional Victoria direct access to Department of Premier and Cabinet."

The Opposition needs to wrestle 13 seats off Labor to form government and key to victory is reclaiming a swag of country seats Labor surprisingly won from the Liberals and Jeff Kennett in 1999.

The latest Newspoll has John Brumby's government narrowly winning on a two-party-preferred basis of 52-48 but Labor's primary vote is sliding while the Coalition's vote is increasing.

Voters go to the polls on November 27 and the campaign officially gets under way tomorrow when the Victorian Governor issues the writs.