Thursday, 1 August 2024
Motions
Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union
Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union
Sam GROTH (Nepean) (10:16): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier’s preferential treatment of the CFMEU in tender documents for the scrapped Commonwealth Games village build and demands an immediate review of all tender processes to ensure the corrupt and failed union is not preferenced and Victorians’ right to freedom of association is protected.
Leave refused.
James NEWBURY (Brighton) (10:17): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Minister for Planning for admitting she knew of the improper behaviour within the CFMEU as early as last year yet took no serious action or made referrals to Victoria Police, demonstrating a shocking disregard for accountability and justice.
Leave refused.
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (10:17): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the $40 billion in cost blowouts driven by the Premier’s complicity and preferment of the CFMEU above other unions, leading to the regional health services’ budgets being slashed by up to 20 per cent and under threat of forced amalgamations, placing the health and wellbeing of Victorians at risk.
Leave refused.
Michael O’BRIEN (Malvern) (10:17): I move, by leave:
That this house calls for a royal commission into CFMEU misconduct on public projects, noting the Premier’s 10-year history of enabling union corruption and the preferential treatment given to the CFMEU in taxpayer-funded projects, including the scrapped Commonwealth Games village bid.
Leave refused.
Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (10:18): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for prioritising the criminal CFMEU’s $40 billion cost blowouts on taxpayer-funded projects over the needs of vulnerable Victorians, slashing public housing by 1360 bedrooms since 2020, doubling wait times and abandoning over 3000 families a year to the endless waitlist.
Leave refused.
Jess WILSON (Kew) (10:18): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for overseeing a $10 billion cost blowout and years-long delays on the North East Link, driven by the CFMEU’s thuggery, extortionate demands and standover tactics on this taxpayer-funded project.
Leave refused.
David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (10:19): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for her failure to protect Victorian taxpayers from the CFMEU tax, whereby CFMEU standover tactics and preferential treatment in government procurement practices, contracts and arrangements have increased construction costs by at least 30 per cent, directly impacting housing affordability and cost of living for all Victorians.
Leave refused.
Brad BATTIN (Berwick) (10:19): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for under-resourcing the Victoria Police, leaving almost 1000 frontline positions vacant and 43 police stations closed, while allowing the thuggish and criminal CFMEU to misuse taxpayer funds and drive $40 billion in project cost blowouts.
Leave refused.
Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (10:20): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for neglecting the most vulnerable children in our community by slashing child protection funding by $141 million while affording the criminal CFMEU preferential treatment in government contracts and allowing $40 billion in cost blowouts on major projects.
Leave refused.
Cindy McLEISH (Eildon) (10:20): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for underfunding desperately needed IVF services to cover the CFMEU’s cost blowouts on taxpayer projects, putting the dreams of women desperate to form a family at risk.
Leave refused.
David HODGETT (Croydon) (10:20): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for refusing to clean up the criminal CFMEU by adopting our policy to establish an independent construction enforcement watchdog and enforcing a stringent building and construction code, showing a blatant disregard for accountability and the integrity of Victoria’s construction industry.
Leave refused.
Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (10:21): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for betraying the hardworking families of Melbourne’s western suburbs by cancelling the long-awaited Western Rail Plan while shamelessly squandering $40 billion of taxpayers money on CFMEU cost blowouts on other projects.
Leave refused.
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (10:21): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for recklessly slashing road repairs by 75 per cent and cutting $88 million from the road safety fund, endangering the lives of Victorians, all while allowing $40 billion in CFMEU-driven cost blowouts on major projects.
Leave refused.
Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (10:22): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving Mornington electorate locals of funding for any rail services whatsoever, buses to retirement villages and upgrades to dangerous Nepean Highway intersections, Emil Madsen, beach infrastructure and more.
Leave refused.
Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (10:22): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving the Cobram community of a dialysis unit in the Ovens Valley electorate.
Leave refused.
Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (10:22): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving regional Victorians in the Morwell electorate of funding for better and safer roads.
Leave refused.
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (10:23): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving GV Health of funding for stage 2 of GV Health’s redevelopment.
Leave refused.
Annabelle CLEELAND (Euroa) (10:23): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving health services throughout the Euroa electorate, including Seymour, Kilmore, Nexus, Euroa, Heathcote, and Benalla Health of critical funding.
Leave refused.
Jade BENHAM (Mildura) (10:24): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving the community of Mildura of a new hospital, our alcohol and other drugs facility, a passenger train and a functional Murray Basin rail project.
Leave refused.
Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (10:24): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving the community of West Gippsland in Narracan of funding for the new West Gippsland hospital.
Leave refused.
Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (10:24): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving South-West Coast of the necessary funds for the construction costs that have blown out due to increases in price on the South West Healthcare hospital build and cutting the funding to South West Healthcare instead of giving them more money, as every other hospital in this state has been given, for increased construction costs.
Leave refused.
Sam GROTH (Nepean) (10:25): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion on infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving Nepean residents of funding for the much-needed Jetty Road overpass and the Rosebud Hospital.
Leave refused.
Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (10:25): I move, by leave:
That this house condemns the Premier for wasting $40 billion in infrastructure blowouts due to the Premier’s decade of mismanagement and CFMEU corruption, depriving South-West Coast of the much-needed drug and rehabilitation Lookout project, which has been funded everywhere else in Victoria except for South-West Coast. Our community’s drug and alcohol needs need to be addressed by this government too.
Leave refused.