Tuesday, 17 February 2026

 Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (15:10): I am outraged by the waste and mismanagement we continue to see from the Allan Labor government. Last week’s explosive report, ‘Rotting from the top’, laid bare something every Victorian should be furious about: the money you and we all pay in taxes, money meant for hospitals, schools, roads and keeping us safe instead being siphoned off to bikies and organised crime through the now notorious Big Build project. I will bet we will not see the Premier posing in her hard hat now. And what does the Premier say? That people do not care about corruption? Well, our community in South-West Coast care. We care because every dollar wasted is a dollar stolen from our community. The sums involved are so staggering they are almost impossible to comprehend. It equates to $5000 at least per household – $5000 and probably more. This is why we do not have enough for basic services every government has a fundamental responsibility to provide. We should have more nurses, police officers and teachers. We should have services strengthened, roads repaired, public houses built and our vulnerable community supported. Instead we are left missing out. Our region, our state, our people, are being short-changed by a tired, arrogant state Labor government that seem to have forgotten who they actually serve.