Thursday, 6 February 2025

Southern Metropolitan Region

David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (12:58): (1355) The Suburban Rail Loop and the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop is my focus for this constituency question, and many of the stations and the proposed coverage is in my electorate of Southern Metropolitan. This is an absolute debacle. We have seen the risk register, and the fact that the government has not dealt with many of these issues. They have not been transparent; they have not been open. The fact is there is a series of corrupt practices that have been occurring at the Suburban Rail Loop Authority, going back to its establishment by James MacKenzie and Nick Foa, the corrupt involvement of Luke Sayers, and the significant movement of people from the then Treasurer’s office – now the departed treasurer – directly into the Suburban Rail Loop office. This corruption, this incompetence, this outrageous approach needs an urgent investigation and an urgent independent inquiry. We need to have that established. Will the minister establish such an inquiry into the corruption and incompetence at the Suburban Rail Loop?