The Coalition 's leading message of the campaign was to " get back in control " of the state 's allegedly burgeoning crime problem . The party promised tougher bail conditions than Labor , saying that anyone who breaches bail will be jailed . In addition mandatory sentencing would become more commonplace , with minimum sentences for repeat violent offenders and people deemed possible terror threats could be forced to wear electronic monitoring devices , a proposal made after the stabbing attack in the city which occurred during the campaign . The divisions between the parties over social issues were pronounced , as the Coalition promised to axe the safe injecting room in Richmond , the Safe Schools program for LGBTI children in state secondary schools and the process for a formalised treaty for Indigenous Victorians ; programs all initiated by the Labor Government . The Coalition also promised to reinstate religious instruction classes in state schools , something removed from classes and made an opt-in process by Labor
stabbing attack in the city
2018 Melbourne stabbing attack
2018 Victorian state election