Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Members statements
Government performance
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Table of contents
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Bills
- Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill 2022
- Residential Tenancies, Housing and Social Services Regulation Amendment (Administration and Other Matters) Bill 2022
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Bills
- Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill 2022
- Residential Tenancies, Housing and Social Services Regulation Amendment (Administration and Other Matters) Bill 2022
Government performance
Ms CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (10:31): In a few weeks time Victorians will go to the polls to decide whether they want another four years of Daniel Andrews. I say Victoria deserves better than to have another four years of the worst administration of any government in Victoria’s history. Look at the track record: a government plagued by corruption scandals; a Premier before IBAC; a Premier before the hotel quarantine inquiry, where he could not recall and could not remember; a Premier that dismisses women who stand up to him; and a Premier that is not interested in transparency. Just look at the actions within this Parliament and the multiple reports that remain hidden.
This Premier has overseen the worst management of COVID in the country. Victoria has had the harshest of restrictions with the worst outcomes. Melbourne, the longest locked down city in the world, was only surpassed by a city in China. There were 801 deaths from the mismanagement of the hotel quarantine program and 33 deaths from 000 failures—no responsibility taken, no accountability. How is that good governance and good government for this state? It is not. This is a government that has caused untold misery for tens of thousands of Victorians who stay stuck waiting for their vital surgeries. It is a health system that is quite literally crumbling due to years of mismanagement and lack of investment. Senior clinicians are walking away and nurses are leaving in droves. The Productivity Commission in 2019 said that Victoria spent less money per person on public hospitals and had fewer beds, fewer staff and longer wait times in emergency departments than anywhere else in the country.
Victoria needs change, it needs confidence and it needs need certainty. Only the Liberal-Nationals will provide that. Daniel Andrews is an arrogant Premier, but he is also one that is dismissive, disingenuous and deceitful. His government is plagued by secrecy and scandal. His time is up and so is that of the worst government in the state’s history.