维多利亚州政府宣布了一项道路修复计划，若在11月选举中连任，将调动最低安全级别的囚犯从事道路维修相关工作1。该计划是政府应对道路坑洞问题的举措之一，政府承诺投入3.52亿澳元资金，计划到1月底修复50万个坑洞1。这笔追加资金之外，政府还拥有超过10亿澳元的年度道路维修预算1。
囚犯将被安排从事割草、除草和清理涂鸦等基础工作1，目的是扩充劳动力队伍，使专业人员能够集中精力进行坑洞修复1。州政府总理本·卡罗尔表示此举旨在"让政府承担责任"，并强调这不会替代付薪工作1。根据规定，囚犯每天的工资为7.15至9.80澳元，远低于该国最低工资标准1。政府强制扣除狱中人员收入的20%作为储蓄，仅在获释时可用1，这意味着囚犯每周可支配的金额不足40澳元1。
反对党上月曾承诺若胜选将投资50亿澳元修复100万个坑洞1。
Victoria's Labor government has announced plans to deploy minimum-security prisoners to assist with road repairs if re-elected in November. 1 The initiative is part of a broader strategy to address pothole damage, with the government allocating an additional A$352 million toward road maintenance and committing to repair 500,000 potholes by the end of January. 1 This funding supplements an existing annual road repair budget exceeding A$1 billion. 1
Under the scheme, prisoners will undertake ancillary tasks including grass cutting, weeding, and graffiti removal, allowing professional workers to concentrate on pothole repairs. 1 Premier Ben Carroll framed the measure as a means to "hold government accountable," emphasizing it will not displace paid employment. 1 Prisoners participating will earn between A$7.15 and A$9.80 daily—substantially below minimum wage standards—with 20 percent of their income automatically deducted and held in compulsory savings accessible only upon release. 1 Weekly discretionary spending for incarcerated workers will remain under A$40. 1
The announcement comes as the opposition pledged last month to invest A$5 billion in repairing one million potholes should they win the election. 1
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