Tuesday, 15 August 2023

 Brad BATTIN (Berwick) (12:55): Corruption in the state impacts us all. When the government of the day is focused on what is important to them and their mates and their own personal gain, we all lose. This corruption leads to bad decisions like the Commonwealth Games, a decision that will cost billions of dollars and was all about protecting Labor seats at an election. Labor have lost focus and lost their way, and it is comments like ‘It costs what it costs’ that do not work in our house but that the government think they can use. Imagine saying ‘It costs what it costs’ when you cannot turn the lights on or the gas on to cook at home because you have no money or ‘It costs what it costs’ to put food on the table and fill your plate when the credit card is already at capacity. Victorians are sick and tired of being told that things need to be the way they are and to just deal with them. What they need are real solutions instead of a tired old government who will not help them.