Senate debates

Monday, 17 August 2026

Questions without Notice

Victoria's Big Build

2:53 pm

Photo of Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) | Hansard source

(—) (): As raised last week, Geoffrey Watson told our Senate inquiry that no ministers or Commonwealth officials had approached him to discuss his evidence of up to $15 billion of economic corruption on Victoria's Big Build infrastructure projects. Given the Commonwealth is contributing $30 billion towards Victoria's Big Build projects and your portfolio responsibility is to ensure the prudent expenditure of Commonwealth taxpayer funds, what action have you taken as the responsible minister or have directed your department officials to undertake? (Time expired)

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