North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:55): (197) My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, and it relates to the recent allegations of rorting that we have seen on the government’s rail projects, including on the Hurstbridge line works, which are in my own region. It has been alleged that private labour hire firms were charging vast amounts of money for ghost shifts for workers apparently doing multiple shifts over a 24-hour period and even working double shifts at two different sites simultaneously. This sounds like just another example of failure of privatised government project outsourcing. Companies go rogue, they make massive profits and the Victorian public is left to foot the bill. Minister, what will you do to ensure that transport projects like that on the Hurstbridge line are delivered appropriately?