Victoria's pothole crisis is getting worse. Complaints up 46% in a year, 10k more this year alone. The government's solution? Inmate labour for roadside mowing. But experts say the real fix is a data-led resilience plan, like Queensland's foam-bitumen stabilisation that survived Cyclone Debbie unscathed. Victoria has no public database tracking road hazards, and the NTRO only collects data every two years. Queensland has 13 years of continuous data. Labor's $352M pledge and the Coalition's $5B plan both miss the structural issue: underinvestment in proper engineering while outer suburbs wait for basic repairs. #vicpol #potholes https://vic.fusionparty.org.au/policies/fix-transit-deserts