Wednesday, 18 February 2026

 Michael O’BRIEN (Malvern) (09:59): This Labor government is corrupt, and every Victorian is paying the price – corrupt because this Labor government turned a blind eye to criminal activity on Big Build sites that stole $15,000 million out of the pockets of hardworking Victorians, money stolen to benefit rotten unions, outlaw bikie gangs and drug dealers; corrupt because the same CFMEU thugs who stole the money from Victorians paid protection money to the Labor Party in the form of political donations so they could continue their rorts and rip-offs. $15 billion of Victorians’ money was stolen by Labor’s mates on Labor’s watch – money that could and should have gone to reopen closed police stations, to fill potholes, to open closed hospital beds and to ease Labor’s taxes. Under Labor, corruption is covered up; it is in their DNA. Under the Liberals it will be cleaned up because that is in ours. Labor wants to shoehorn 14 planning activity centres into my Malvern electorate – high rise and high density for all, like it or not. Labor will not remove Malvern’s level crossings, but they are removing our right to object to 16 storeys next door. Labor thinks that activity centres are so good that the Premier has not a single one in her electorate, nor does the Minister for Planning. But, what, Malvern deserves 14 of them? This Labor government is a hypocritical joke.