Aged-care voters vulnerable to being manipulated, says Victorian Liberal Party PEOPLE going into aged-care homes would be more easily removed from the electoral roll and denied their vote, under a policy being pushed at today's Victorian Liberal Party state council meeting. One motion to be debated calls for a Tony Abbott-led federal government to legislate to force long-term aged-care facilities to provide forms that remove an elector from the roll. The Bendigo East branch said "many" people were placed in long-term aged care "due to their mental impairment" but were not removed from the electoral roll. "These electors are vulnerable to being manipulated into casting votes when they are incapable of making an informed decision," say the notes provided to council delegates. Mr Abbott's office last night crushed the proposal. "It is the parliamentary party which sets policy and this will not be Coalition policy," it said. Minister for Ageing Mark Butler attacked the motion. "The idea that because a person is old they are incapable of voting is backward and offensive," Mr Butler told the Herald Sun. Tony Abbott should apologise on behalf of the Liberal Party to 170,000 Australians who are currently living in aged care. The Liberal Party meeting, being held over the weekend at the Melbourne Convention Centre, will also look at the issue of whether to scrap the Gillard Government's national curriculum, and will assess "the feasibility of partial or full privatisation" of the ABC and SBS - another idea Mr Abbott has ruled out. State motions to be put forward tomorrow include a push by the Young Liberals to deregulate the taxi industry and end the "current policy of artificially limiting licence numbers." Mr Abbott will use his speech today to deliver a rallying call in support of Geelong, where he is hoping to win the marginal seat of Corangamite. My message to the people of Geelong is that Geelong will thrive and prosper again. We know the difficulties ahead but that just encourages us to work harder ... I'll be working for more jobs, more growth, and new opportunities. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the Liberals had become "arrogant" about winning the September 14 election. Former treasurer Peter Costello said Mr Abbott would still win even if he were caught streaking naked down Collins St, and Mr Abbott admitted he had thought about what he would say in a victory speech. Ms Gillard said: "I think this arrogance that we're seeing from the Liberal Party is getting increasingly out of control. We've had the Leader of the Opposition say that he's penned his victory speech, now we've got Peter Costello basically saying that the Liberals can't lose the election.