Tom Venning (Grey, Liberal Party) | Hansard source

We are talking about falling living standards, government spending and government taxation, which brings me to the CFMEU issues in talking about dropping standards. The Prime Minister claims no tolerance for corruption in government spending, but Australians have no reason to believe him. The government knew of at least four allegations of corruption on the Suburban Rail Loop, yet handed another $3.8 billion to this project. Why? This exposes taxpayer money to fraud and organised crime. If they truly had zero tolerance, they would not have buddied up with the Greens and blocked our Senate inquiry.

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