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. And track 5, Another Brick in the Wall, member for Bentleigh, because we know education outcomes are falling.

Nick Staikos interjected.

The SPEAKER: Member for Bentleigh!

David SOUTHWICK: Track 6, we also 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.