Thursday, 19 February 2026

 Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (10:12): I rise today to express my disappointment at the Allan Labor government’s failure to secure the MotoGP for the people of Phillip Island. This failure is going to have a huge and negative impact on the people of the Bass Coast. Residents and business owners have warned what the loss of the MotoGP will mean and what it will cost their businesses. This event creates 284 full-time jobs, almost $30 million in direct local spending across the Bass Coast and $54.6 million in economic impact in Victoria. This is what the Labor government has failed to secure. I call on the Allan Labor government to stop minimising the economic damage that they have created. You have taken an economic sledgehammer to this state, and it is sickening to see, particularly over the last few days, the way it has been minimised and just humoured. The bill that this government is leaving the Victorian people with is completely reckless: $1 million per hour in interest alone has been completely minimised; $15 billion in corruption is being completely minimised. What I am calling on the government to do is to consider the people that are footing the bill, to stop minimising the mess and to take some responsibility.