Tuesday, 17 February 2026

 Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (17:42): (2305) My question is for the Premier, and the action I seek is that the government support our proposal for follow-the-money powers for IBAC as well as properly fund it. If there is one burning question all Victorians have, it is surely: where did all of our money go? This government love to cut ribbons and make announcements, but let us be honest. I think the only certificate they have ever got that they did not award to themselves is a downgrade in our credit rating because of their ridiculous addiction to spending other people’s money. The truth is that people in Victoria can no longer distinguish between where the druggy, stripper, extortionist thug-bikie gangs end and the Labor government begins. We have been living under this government run by those who call themselves the party of workers rights for the better part of 20 years, and what have we got for it? Our taxes were taken in the red shirts rort and then just put back, and the investigation done by people like Emma Lobb, that whistleblower, was just shut down and everyone got away with it. And then you have got victims, you have got the cover-ups like that poor Ryan Meuleman who was knocked off his bike. They tell us they are revolutionising this state, doing what matters. Doing what matters – that is clearly just covering things up. Under this government clearly they have arranged things so that the system is rigged to reward corruption and punish whistleblowers like Emma Lobb and victims like Ryan Meuleman. We need justice, and it is going to take follow-the-money laws to do it.