Eastern Victoria Region
Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:52): (517) My question is for the Premier. The question that I ask is: can the government advise my constituents in Pakenham just how over budget their highly spruiked Pakenham level crossing removal is? As ABC radio host Raf Epstein said last week, no-one has presided over blowouts as big as the new Labor Premier has. Thanks to Jacinta Allan, the Metro Tunnel is more than $5.8 billion over budget, North East Link is more than $10 billion over budget, Murray Basin Rail Project is $226.7 million over budget, and the total state debt has risen to almost $70,000 per household. As cost of living spirals out of control, Victorian families are being forced to wind back their spending. Families in Pakenham are fed up with government spending being splurged on anything other than cost-of-living relief. So please provide us with some transparency over how our taxpayer money is being used in this project.