Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Motions

Commonwealth Games

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (15:50): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house:

(a) notes the state government’s cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games;

(b) notes the $4.4 billion cost blowout; and

(c) calls on the government to release full detailed costings for both the original $2.6 billion figure and the new blown out $7 billion figure.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (15:50): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house:

(a) notes the state government’s decision to tear up contracts for the 2026 Commonwealth Games; and

(b) notes the possibility of Victorians being forced to pay up to $2 billion in cancellation fees.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (15:51): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house:

(a) notes the $4.4 billion blowout in costs for the Commonwealth Games;

(b) notes the $30 billion in blowouts across major projects; and

(c) calls on the government to stop wasting taxpayers money in a cost-of-living crisis.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (15:51): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house:

(a) notes the $6 billion to $7 billion revised estimate for the 2026 Commonwealth Games is 50 per cent higher than shared with Commonwealth Games Australia in June; and

(b) calls on the government to urgently clarify this large discrepancy.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (15:52): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house:

(a) notes the financial, economic and reputational damage caused by the Deputy Premier’s mismanagement of the Commonwealth Games and major projects; and

(b) calls on the Deputy Premier to resign.

Leave refused.