Tuesday, 7 May 2024

North East Link

Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (14:15): The Manningham council and Manningham residents have again been shafted by the Labor Party in this budget. We woke up this morning to find that the North East Link has blown out again. How can this be? How can a project that was meant to cost $6 billion and ends up going to 12 then end up going to 16 and has blown out again? The people in Golden Way ‍– they are up all night from noise – they have been shafted. The people in Rocklea Road who are dealing with dust and traffic issues, they have been shafted. The Veneto Club who were told that their access would not be affected, who were lied to, have been completely shafted, as has Marcellin. Marcellin, which had access off Bulleen Road, now have access through a back street, with a student population of over a thousand people, and are now dealing with broken promises from a government who could not care less. Templestowe Road people – they have been left in traffic chaos most mornings from a government that has completely lied to them.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member knows that term is unparliamentary.

Matthew GUY: The councils were made to sign non-disclosure agreements. The residents were made to sign non-disclosure agreements. All people wanted, when the construction of a major project was occurring, was fairness and decency and openness and all they got instead from this Labor government was to be screwed, and that is what Labor thinks of Manningham.