Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, says Victoria’s regional communities are being short-changed.
She says while families, farmers and small towns struggle with basic infrastructure needs, billions of dollars meant for public projects have vanished.
At least $15 billion has been lost to cost blowouts and corruption across the Victorian Government’s Big Build projects.
That is $15 billion that the local member says should have been invested in regional Victoria.
In Parliament recently, every non-government party supported establishing a Royal Commission into Labor’s $15 billion CFMEU corruption scandal.
A Liberal and Nationals motion in the Legislative Council calling for a Royal Commission into corruption on Big Build sites was backed by every crossbench party. Labor voted against it.
Ms Benham says “Fifteen billion dollars could have rebuilt unsafe regional roads, delivered reliable power to our communities, upgraded ageing country schools, strengthened regional hospitals, expanded mental health services and improved public transport for towns that are too often overlooked. Instead, regional Victorians are left watching billions disappear while their most basic infrastructure needs remain unmet.”
Image: Australian Dollar Money – Free photo on Pixabay
