Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Motions

Member conduct

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (12:17): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house:

(1) acknowledges the new Premier of Victoria;

(2) notes the Premier’s responsibility for nearly $30 billion in major project blowouts, including:

(a) $3.6 billion on the Metro Tunnel;

(b) three years and $4.7 billion on the West Gate Tunnel; and

(c) $13 billion on the North East Link.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (12:18): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house notes that:

(1) the Premier was responsible for the Suburban Rail Loop, which the Parliamentary Budget Office says will cost $75 billion more than the government promised; and

(2) condemns the Premier for her mismanagement of this project.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (12:18): I desire to move, by leave:

That this house acknowledges:

(1) the former Premier’s disdain for IBAC, the Victorian Ombudsman and the anti-corruption agencies in general;

(2) notes the current Premier’s complicity in that toxic culture of secrecy; and

(3) calls on the Premier to take meaningful action on the pile of corruption reports in the Andrews–Allan governments.

Leave refused.