Constituency questions
Rowville electorate
Kim WELLS (Rowville) (14:42): (240) My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier please explain why his Labor government are content, if not eager, to continue work on the Suburban Rail Loop even though it will add $125 billion to an already inconceivable $171 billion debt, yet when the Commonwealth Games, the games they asked for, suddenly goes over budget as a direct result of their own incompetence – nearly three times over the projected cost – the Premier makes the distinction to cut this project? The Premier might claim that it is a project that we cannot afford, but what about the countless other blowouts on large-scale projects in Victoria? It seems whenever Labor handles a large-scale project it becomes a cost blowout shrouded in secrecy, with the Premier still not having released the details of his latest financial blowout.