Premier Jacinta Allan’s once-vaunted “Big Build” agenda has all but disappeared from the Victorian government’s public messaging, as Labor insiders concede infrastructure has shifted from a political asset to a liability in the wake of the CFMEU corruption scandal. Read the full story: https://t.co/PmAJBeBLFd
Tunnel workers on Melbourne’s $125bn Suburban Rail Loop have secured entry-level pay of $175,000, plus added perks like divorce leave, wellness rooms and hot weather shutdowns. > https://t.co/1sCXwR4L09
The first of the polls is in and it shows Labor’s primary has collapsed to 23 percent, 4 points down on March.
The Coalition down on 27 and One Nation up on 25.
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Tunnel workers on Melbourne’s $125bn Suburban Rail Loop have secured entry-level pay of $175,000, plus added perks like divorce leave, wellness rooms and hot weather shutdowns > https://t.co/1sCXwR4L09
Internal Labor talks about replacing the Premier are set to intensify as new polling showing the party’s primary vote has collapsed and voters – including Labor’s own – want Jacinta Allan gone > https://t.co/d6YPpQBwkG
No formal push is underway, but some Victorian Labor MPs are increasingly worried they are running out of time to replace Jacinta Allan before the state election. https://t.co/tp9HPeoh8G
Long-running businesses in Heatherton have struggled to trade through Suburban Rail Loop works which have cut revenue by up to 40 per cent. Now they are being hit with new pipeline construction which will “break the camel’s back”. > https://t.co/zjxiPcqO0o
An Outer Metropolitan Ring Road that promises to shift freight from growing suburbs in Melbourne’s north and west is shaping as a key election issue, with the Victorian opposition saying it’s a “state-shaping project” that makes “more sense than the SRL”. > https://t.co/e1KYmvmrUC
@JacintaAllanMP Yeh you clearly aren’t on the side of home owners. You make homes unliveable and harm residents in homes for your infrastructure projects. Not on anyone’s side but your own.
Premier Jacinta Allan has been accused of delaying acting on corruption for holding off on giving the state’s anti-corruption watchdog ‘follow the money’ powers until after the November election. > https://t.co/ScLhNEdJdm
Labor claims that the Vic Suburban Rail Loop should not be listed on #budget Statement of Risks, despite having 16 known current cases of alleged corruption, bullying and fraud. Stop 🛑 $6b of project funds until allegations dealt with. #estimates
https://t.co/9TqlndXHvk “Eleven of the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria – including the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and North East Link – are now the subject of 56 separate allegations of fraud, corruption” Hey Premier, you should take note. #springst
Tasmanians will get another 12 months of free public transport.
But Labor wants Victorians to pay for public transport again at the end of May.
The cost of the North East Link alone could fund 25 years of free public transport.
Keep it free, permanently!
@JacintaAllanMP But in Heatherton you are forcing people who work from home out of their homes due to impacts of your Suburban Rail Loop construction right beside homes, and then refusing to provide suitable mitigation for this. You are harming people.
The Allan government has been called out for splurging on ‘woke’ diversity roles with salaries approaching $200k as state debt soars towards $200bn, with the Suburban Rail Loop on the hunt for a ‘social inclusion adviser’. > https://t.co/5P6LSV0uau