Zoe McKenzie (Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

There are serious allegations that organised crime has infiltrated Victoria's construction industry through the CFMEU. With each day, the full details are revealed—deals of a scandal that goes right to the heart of whether governments are in control or whether organised crime is in control on major infrastructure projects funded by the public purse.

Last week, on the front pages of the Melbourne Age, it was reported that federal police believe that whistleblowers against CFMEU corruption are being threatened, businesses are too scared to speak up and investigations are being undermined. All of it is happening on projects paid for by taxpayers. That means your money—the money of people right across the Mornington Peninsula, families right across the state of Victoria.

While billions are being poured into these projects with little to no accountability, costs are blowing out, delays are mounting and a suggested $15 billion has been diverted to bikies and organised crime. What is the Mornington Peninsula getting? Three hundred and fifty kilometres of state managed roads falling apart, a hospital in Rosebud crying for rebuild—yet somehow the money keeps flowing into projects crowded by allegations of serious corruption.

Where is the state Labor government? They are failing to act. They are failing to address corruption. They have lost control. It's not just about unions; it's about construction, where the hardworking communities like mine are being short-changed while the system is being gamed by Labor's mates. Right now, people on the peninsula are asking a simple question: if the political arm of the CFMEU has got money to throw around on waste and corruption, why hasn't Jacinta Allan—

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