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Anthony Albanese, Victorian premier Jacinta Allan and Labor candidate Jodie Belyea officially opened the Peta Murphy Breast Imaging Suite at Frankston hospital on Saturday, AAP has reported.

The suite is named in honour of former Labor MP and member for Dunkley, Peta Murphy, whose death in December 2023 after a four-year battle with breast cancer triggered the byelection.

Albanese revealed the government will spend $1.5m to accelerate the creation of a national registry for metastatic cancers, those which have spread to other parts of the body. He said:

When it comes to cancer, the more we know, the better our understanding.

That’s the key to better treatment and, ultimately, better outcomes for Australians with cancer.

The coalition has preselected Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy, with Peter Dutton also turning up in the seat on Friday, promising locals a significant rail upgrade if his party wins the next federal election.

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Updated at 18.30 EST

Albanese praises Jodie Belyea advocating for education and sporting facilities

Prime minister Anthony Albanese is speaking from Dunkley with Labor candidate Jodie Belyea.

She advocated for the amazing sporting facilities where we held yesterday’s press conference so young people could get access to the opportunity that comes through that.

She was a strong supporter of education, including of TAFE and Jodie is someone who attended Chisholm TAFE where I drove past today, an extraordinary facility. It has been made better by having fee-free TAFE, where 350,000 Australians have got the chance to get a trade, to get support in the care sector as a child care worker or aged care worker, to get a start in life or to get a restart in life.

Anthony Albanese speaks to media at Derinya primary school during polling day for the Dunkley byelection in Frankston, Melbourne. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/AAPShare

Updated at 18.38 EST