Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (10:20): Every Victorian who drives in the regions knows that the state of our roads in Victoria is absolutely appalling. In fact they are downright dangerous. If we were to drive a car that was unroadworthy to the same extent as our roads, we would be fined and removed from the road, yet the Allan Labor government continues to take money out of the roads budget and pour it down rail tunnels at the expense of our road network. The Premier has absolutely no understanding of fairness, even though this is her buzzword this week. Let us look at the definition of fairness: ‘impartial and just, or behaviour without favouritism or discrimination’. Well, Premier, you have failed the fairness test. Let us see what next week’s buzzword might be. It will not be ‘woke and broke’, because the truth never gets a run under the Labor government here in Victoria.

I was speaking with a resident from Porepunkah last night. He told me there has been a name change in the Great Alpine Road; he said it is now called the not-so-great alpine road. A section near the berry farm near Porepunkah the size of an Olympic swimming pool has been repatched too many times to count. Be fair, Premier, and fix it properly. The Snow Road through Milawa is in similar disrepair, as is the Murray Valley Highway and the Tocumwal–Benalla road south of Katamatite. Stop discriminating, Premier. Stop showing favouritism. Be fair, or your legacy will be the regional road toll rather than a railway station.