Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (12:14): If the Allan Labor government released an album for 2025, it would be titled ‘Crisis and chaos, hits and losses’. Track 1 would be Money for Nothing, because Victorians pay record taxes while Labor wastes billions of dollars and delivers less; Highway to Hell, because we have a crime crisis with surging youth offending spiralling and communities feeling abandoned; track 3, Under Pressure, because we have a health crisis – our hospitals are overwhelmed, ambulances are ramped, patients are waiting for months for care; track 4, Don’t Dream It’s Over, because we know we have a housing crisis – housing is slipping out of reach, Labor’s latest tax slaps more than $11,000 on new units near transport, and the member for Pascoe Vale knows that; track 5, Another Brick in the Wall, because we have an education crisis – education outcomes are falling, teachers are burning out and classrooms are struggling.

Nick Staikos interjected.

David SOUTHWICK: Track 5, Another Brick in the Wall, member for Bentleigh, because we know education outcomes are falling. Track 6, we have Oops! … I Did It Again, member for Bentleigh, because we have got another blowout, another crisis, another new tax – because Labor never learns. Then we have track 7, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, member for Bentleigh, because the search on accountability and transparency is missing by this government.