daniel andrews: six months of all talk and no action

8/21/2019 Daniel Andrews: Six Months of All Talk and No Action

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OF ALL TALK,

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Six months of the Andrews Labor Government

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Six months of the Andrews Labor Government ALL TALK, NO ACTION

We want action, not talk, Mr Andrews. | 01

Dear Reader,

Daniel Andrews talks a big game, but when you scratch the surface, it becomes apparent

he’s all talk and no action.

After six months, his government has still not produced an economic plan to grow jobs

and to develop the industries that will provide Victorians with the jobs of the future.

Instead, Daniel Andrews’ decision to tear up the East West Link contract has cost around

3,700 jobs and damaged Victoria’s international reputation as a place to invest and do

business. That means less investment, less infrastructure and less jobs.

The decision to scrap the East West Link has also cost Victorian taxpayers at least

$640 million in compensation and sunk costs. That’s valuable public funds that could have

been better used to build over 38 new schools, or 44 new 24-hour police stations or the

equivalent of building three new Children’s Hospitals.

And after cancelling Victoria’s only major shovel-ready infrastructure project, the Premier

is now attempting to create the impression that he has an ambitious program for our state.

Rarely does a week go past where the Daniel Andrews doesn’t organise a media event about

the Metro Rail Tunnel or level crossing removals.

But both of these projects remain unfunded. These two projects combined will cost just over

$17 billion but the Andrews Labor Government has only allocated approximately $2 billion over

the next four years. Meanwhile, Daniel Andrews has already put the State Budget under more

pressure with an explosion in public sector wages and reports of wage claims by some unions,like the United Firefighters for a 30% increase in salary.

The Liberal National Coalition is focussed on putting forward ideas and making positive

contributions about growing Victoria’s economy to create more jobs. We’ve already had

a lot to say about developing a second container port for our growing state as well as the

opportunities that brings to our exporters, small businesses and the agricultural sector.

The Coalition has also been active in working with emerging industries in the sharing economy,

particularly on employment opportunities for Victorians over 50 years of age. The technology

behind new, innovative companies such Uber, airbnb and Freelancer, have the capacity to

provide more jobs and better services for consumers.

I am determined to continue to prosecute the case for change and to put forward a

comprehensive plan for a strong economy and a stronger jobs market that providesopportunity and prosperity for all Victorians.

Yours sincerely,

Hon Matthew Guy MP

Leader of the Opposition

Leader of the Liberal Party

Foreword


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This Budget demonstrates yet again that

Labor cannot manage money and cannotmanage major projects.

This Budget has no detailed economic plan

to create the jobs of the future for Victoria.

Instead, it’s the story of a government that has

no plan to grow jobs.

This is a government which is not doing what

it said it would do.

Labor’s first Budget isn’t about putting

people first, it’s about Daniel Andrews

playing politics.

Melburnians have been double-crossed

by Daniel Andrews. There are noguaranteed funds or start dates for

level-crossing removals besides those

previously funded by the Coalition.

Melbourne Metro remains unfunded,

with Daniel Andrews and his Treasurer

unable to agree on how to pay for

its construction.

The promised Mernda Rail, Drysdale

bypass and the upgrades for

Thompsons Road and Yan Yean Road

are unfunded.

And the one road that Labor hasprovided funding for, the West Gate

Distributor, was scrapped by Daniel

Andrews.

Victoria is growing at more than

100,000 people every year. But there is

no funding to make sure our services,

transport and roads can keep pace with

the fastest growing city in Australia.

There is no money in this Budget for

new police or PSOs for Melbourne.

There is no money in this Budget for

shovel-ready projects to create new jobs

and relieve crippling traffic congestion.

There is no money in this Budget for the

Country Roads and Bridges Program.

Underpinning this Budget is more Labor

waste. Buried away under ‘Contingent

Liabilities’ is the taxpayers’ money lost

on Daniel Andrews’ decision to scrap the

East West Link. In April, Daniel Andrewsclaimed, Daniel Andrews claimed losses

were limited to $339 million but in the

Budget that figure can’t be quantified.

What we do know is that at least

$640 million has been wasted – with

more to come – by Daniel Andrews’

political decision to scrap the only

shovel-ready project in Victoria, which

was to employ 3,700 people and relievetraffic congestion.

If it wasn’t for Daniel

Andrews’ waste on the

East West Link

compensation, this Budget

could have funded

38 new schools, or up

to 320 new ambulance

stations, or 44 new

24-hour police stations,or build 3 new Monash

Children’s Hospitals.

• UNDER DANIEL ANDREWS,

VICTORIA’S ECONOMY ISSTALLING.

• UNEMPLOYMENT WILL BEHIGHER FOR LONGER.

• ECONOMIC GROWTH IS FALLING.

• INFLATION AND COST OF LIVINGPRESSURES ARE UP.

• INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGIS DOWN $6.4 BILLION OVER

FOUR YEARS.• STATE TAXES ARE UP BY MORE

THAN $2.4 BILLION OVER 4 YEARS.

• MORE THAN $4 BILLION HASBEEN LOST FROM THE SURPLUS.

What the budget shows...

HIGHER PROJECTED

UNEMPLOYMENT

VIC ECONOMYIS STALLING

TAX GRABINCREASING

ECONOMICGROWTH FALLING

BLEAK OUTLOOKFOR VIC ECONOMY


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Before the election, Daniel Andrews promised

Victorians a jobs plan. But under the AndrewsLabor Government’s first Budget unemployment

has been revised up in 2016-17 and 2017-18

compared to the pre-election budget update.

This means that there will be more Victorians

unemployed in 2016-17 and 2017-18 than

forecast when the Coalition left office.

JBS to axe 130Melbourne jobs.THE AUSTRALIAN, 4 MAY 2015

Almost 80 Telstra

jobs fagged togo in Ballarat.ABC ONLINE, 5 FEBRUARY 2015

Alcoa powerstation switch-off

to cost 85 jobs.THE AUSTRALIAN, 13 MAY 2015

Hospital staff fear jobs cuts to pay for deal.HERALD SUN, 17 APRIL 2015

Jobless rate at 12-year high,Victoria among worstperformers on

unemployment front.HERALD SUN, 12 FEBRUARY 2015

Jobs slashed atWilliamstown naval

shipyard.THE AGE, 12 MAY 2015

ANZ slashes jobs.

HERALD SUN, 20 FEBRUARY 2015

THE AGE, 11 MARCH 2015

Youth unemployment

in Victoria reaches

highest rates sincethe ‘90s.

Altona cannery to close

its doors.HOBSONS BAY LEADER, 22 MAY 2015

BLEAK OUTLOOKFOR JOBS


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$640MILLION EAST WESTLINK COMPOWhat Labor’s compo payout could have funded...

$640 million has been thrown away by Daniel

Andrews to NOT build the East West Link.

Daniel Andrews lied to Victorians about the East

West Link contract.

On the Neil Mitchell program, three days before

the election, Daniel Andrews said that the East

West Link contract was “not worth the paper it was

written on” and that no compensation was payable.

Now it has emerged that Daniel Andrews has paid

out $640 million to the East West Link consortia

in compensation for scrapping the East West Link.

The decision by Daniel Andrews to scrap the East West

Link contract and waste over $640 million will costVictorians new schools, ambulance and police stations,

trains and hospitals.

Every time the Australian Education Union complainsabout a lack of funding in schools, remember that Daniel

Andrews’ waste on the East West Link is the equivalent ofbuilding up to 38 brand new schools.

If the ambulance union makes a claim for additional

resources, don’t forget that Daniel Andrews’ waste on the

East West Link is the equivalent of building about 320

brand new ambulance stations.

When public transport advocates lobby for new andadditional trains, think about how Daniel Andrews’ waste

on the East West Link is the equivalent of buying at least

29 brand new trains.

When there is a demand for more hospitals to keep up withpopulation growth, remember that Daniel Andrews’ wasteon the East West Link is the equivalent of building three

new Monash Children’s Hospitals.

3 NEW CHILDREN’SHOSPITALS

38 NEWSCHOOLS

320 NEW AMBULANCESTATIONS

492 EXTRA CFA& SES STATIONS

When there are community concerns about crime rates,

never let it be forgotten that Daniel Andrews’ waste on theEast West Link is the equivalent of building up to 44 brand

new 24-hour police stations.

And whenever motorists are stuck in bumper-to-bumpertraffic, they should never forget that it was Daniel Andrews’

decision to scrap the East West Link when he did not havea single shovel ready road project to relieve congestion.

What Matthew Guysaid on scrappingEast West Link:This reckless action by the Labor

Government will leave Melbourne and

Victoria with no major infrastructureprojects currently underway, nothing.

Leader of the Opposition, 15 April 2015

NEW RAIL LINE(i.e. MERNDA)

44 NEW 24HRPOLICE STATIONS


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WhatMichael O’Briensaid on scrappingEast West Link:Mr Andrews has blown at least

$640 million of Victorians’ money tobuild nothing.

Shadow Treasurer, 15 April 2015

LABOR’S LIE ONEAST WEST LINK

“… only an irresponsible

political leader would be

countenancing tearing

those contracts up.”

Daniel Andrews3AW, 19 November 2013

“Sovereign riskis sovereignrisk. A contractis a contract.”

Daniel AndrewsAFR, 1 August 2013

“to rip up contracts, is to

send a message to the

world that we are closed

for business... I won’t do

that because that is not theresponsible thing to do.”

Daniel Andrews3AW, 19 November 2013

“Labor has always said we

will honour valid, legally

binding contracts... and

we remain committed to

this position.”

Daniel AndrewsLetter, 11 September 2014

“Labor willhonour valid &legally bindingcontracts….”

Daniel AndrewsThe Age, 11 September 2014

“While tearing up the

contract would break no

law, it would risk damaging

Victoria’s strong credit

rating and add to the cost

of borrowing.”

Tim PallasThe Age, 27 April 2014

Herald Sun 21/01/2015


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LABOR’S RECKLESS EASTWEST LINK DECISION


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The Australian 16/04/2015




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WEST GATEDISTRIBUTOR CON

Why would motorists pay a toll to take Daniel Andrews’

Western Distributor toll road when they can take the West

Gate Bridge for free?

Daniel Andrews is fond of talking about business cases and

mandates. For this project he has neither.

This project has never been to Infrastructure Australia and

has been announced before the Government’s much-touted

Infrastructure Victoria has even been established.

The one shovel-ready project Daniel Andrews did take to

the election was the West Gate Distributor. Now he has

scrapped it for an alternative at ten times the cost.Melbourne’s south and eastern suburbs face paying

extra tolls for the next 40 years for a road most will

never see or use.

Distributor debacle:Labor’s plan to hit motorist - whetherthey use their new road or not:

15 September 2014:

Signature road policy promised to Victorians: “Labor’s

West Gate Distributor is ready to go.”

21 January 2015:

Labor fund works totalling only $40 million out of the

reported $500 million project.

29 January 2015:Black hole. The Herald Sun reports a $180 million black

hole in Daniel Andrews’ costings. Labor confused onscope and detail of project.

30 April 2015:

More confusion. Daniel Andrews throws his West Gate

Distributor proposal into doubt by announcing the Western

Distributor at ten times the price only a week before the

State Budget with no plan for how it will be funded.

6 May 2015:

Funding crisis. State Budget shows money still allocatedto the abandoned West Gate Distributor (yes, the original

proposal) but no clue on how Labor will pay for his new

$5.5 billion Western Distributor proposal.

15 May 2015:

Tolls extended. Daniel Andrews reveals that motorists on

CityLink will be slugged tolls for an extra 15 years to pay

for a road in the West most will never see or use.

20 May 2015:

Deadlock. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy steps in to

break the deadlock, created by Daniel Andrews inaction,with a positive plan to use Federal EWL money to reduce

the burden on motorists in Eastern and Southern suburbs.

The Business Case for the East West Link, which Daniel

Andrews is so fond of quoting from, warned on page 16

that building a western link without an eastern link “will

be another freeway-standard road that comes to an end

in the inner-city (similar to the current Eastern Freeway),

potentially generating further congestion while still not

offering a cross city alternative to the M1 corridor”.

Daniel Andrews’ Western Distributor toll road appears to be

building another freeway that ends in a T-intersection, like

the Eastern Freeway.

The entire State Budget has a massive asterisk next to it

because Daniel Andrews cannot say when this project will go

ahead and how much it will cost Victorian taxpayers.

Labor’s plan for motorists in Melbourne’s

south and eastern suburbs is to pay

extra tolls for the next 40 years for a

road most will never see or use.The Australian 16/05/2015

The Age 20/05/2015

Matthew Guy provides funding solution


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Some key facts on MRT:

1 No business case

2 No completion date

3 No tick from Infrastructure Victoria

4 No Commonwealth funding

5 No private funding

Claim: Daniel Andrews criticised the Coalition

for “cutting four new stations” on the

Melbourne Rail Link route.

Labor has cut three of the Coalition’s

funded new metro stations. Now, it will not

be possible to interchange from South Yarra

Station to Labor’s Melbourne Metro route.

The Coalition’s Melbourne Rail Link included

an underground station interchange at

South Yarra.

Claim: Labor say MRT will have five new stations.

It will only have three new stations. CBD

North is an extension of Melbourne Central

Station, and CBD South is an extension

of Flinders St Station. Arden Station

is proposed to be in the middle of an

industrial area.

Claim: Labor promised a new station at the Royal

Children’s Hospital.

The Melbourne Metro does not provide for a

station at the Royal Children’s Hospital. The

planned Parkville Station is nearly 1km away

from the RCH, and Labor’s proposed Arden

Station is 1.2km away.

Claim: Labor says it needs two years to do“immediate planning works, complete

development of the Reference Design and

undertake detailed site investigations.”

This project has been planned and designed

in detail already.

Claim: Daniel Andrews criticised the Coalition’s

Melbourne Rail Link, because Pakenham and

Cranbourne trains will no longer run through

the City Loop.

Labor’s Melbourne Metro will have Cranbourne

and Pakenham trains only stopping at Flinders

St and Melbourne Central. They will not runthrough the city loop, or stop at Southern

Cross, Flagstaff or Parliament.

Matthew Guy

on Labor’s unfunded

Metro Rail Tunnel:The Metro Rail promise was one that this government made

as a solemn commitment to Victorians. We again see from this

Budget it is grossly underfunded. You can’t build an $11 billion

rail tunnel with $1.5 billion.

You can’t build an $11 billion rail

tunnel and you can’t claim it’s

underway when you don’t know

how you’re going to pay for nearly

80 per cent of the project.Victorians have been double-crossed by Daniel Andrews when

it comes to level crossings. He promised to eliminate 50 level

crossings, eight of those were previous Coalition government

projects, the remainder are contingent on the sale of the

Port of Melbourne with no details to that port sale, with no

answer to the ACCC’s possible investigation and referral by the

Tasmanian government, and we don’t know when that money

is going to come through.

He’s put out a press release claiming that there’s hundreds of

millions of dollars for new level crossing elimination works with

no start date, no end date, and again double crossing Victorians

about these proposals that he said were shovel-ready and thathe would get underway. He hasn’t.

Opposition Leader, Matthew Guy,

Parliament House, 15 May 2015

METRO RAIL PROJECTFAILS COMMUTERS

The Age 19/04/2015



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LABOR’S CANCELLEDSECOND PORT

PORT OF MELBOURNE SALE

■ Daniel Andrews is struggling to plug the black

hole in his budget due to his botched lease of thePort of Melbourne

■ Daniel Andrews has risked Victorian exports by

jacking-up Port leases by up to 800%, hurting

local businesses


Victoria must now resign itself to 50 years with only one container port

after Daniel Andrews put forward legislation promising a monopoly for

half a century or have future taxpayers pay heavy compensation.

According to the Andrews Government’s own estimates, however

a second container port will be required within 30 years, meaning a

future government in Victoria will face costly compensation fees if

they need to increase capacity.

Last time Labor tried to sell something, poker machines,

the Victorian taxpayer faced a compensation claim worth over

$1.2 billion dollars, that is still yet to be resolved seven years later.

Daniel Andrews went to the election promising a second container

port, Bay West. Before this, Labor advocated for a second container

port at Hastings. Yet another example of all talk no action from

Daniel Andrews.

2014 A promise just to get your vote

2015 Reality once Labor got your vote

2015 And no second container port for Victoria

The Age 30/07/2014

Geelong Advertiser 29/05/2015

Geelong Advertiser 29/05/2015 Mornington Peninsula Leader 02/06/2015


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A GOVERNMENTALREADY IN CHAOS

2014 “sacked” for bullying

Labor hypocrites on bullying

Herald Sun 24/05/2015Herald Sun 24/05/2015


Australian Financial Review 25/05/2015

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2015 Daniel Andrews brings a bully back


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A GOVERNMENTALREADY IN CHAOS

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One Minister stood down, another MP hauled before a

Royal Commission looking into allegations of ripping off

millions from workers. Daniel Andrews is leading a party

at war with itself with Ministers and MPs who discredit

the offices they hold. This is just another chaotic Labor

Government, putting internal politics and ideology beforethe people of Victoria.

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UNIONS CASHING INON LABOR I.O.Us

Six months in and the factional feuding

within the Andrews Labor Government

is beginning to show. The United

Firefighters Union has muscled up to

have the Government intervene in a

serious disciplinary action in the MFB,

the Health Workers Union is annoyed

East West Link compensation wasn’t

used to raise wages and the warring

right faction has seen a Cabinet

Minister stood down.

In addition we’ve seen a union blockade

at an Aldi construction sites in Altona

(a project generating hundreds of

construction and retail jobs) as well

as transport union threats to disrupt

public transport during the Grand Prix.

In March there was the startling

revelation that the United Firefighters

Union has logged claims for a 30% pay

rise and new benefits like 8 hours pay

for 21 minutes overtime. All up, the new

deal reportedly equals $1.6 billion.

And in January, in a press release

on whooping cough, the Andrews

Government announced in the final

sentence that they were abolishing the

Construction Code Compliance Unit

which ensures worker safety and therule of law on building sites.

One of the effects of Daniel Andrews’

decision to abolish the Construction

Code Compliance Unit is that workers

are no longer required to be drug

tested on worksites. So, on the one

hand Daniel Andrews says that there is

an Ice epidemic, but on the other hand

he is failing to protect the safety of

workers on construction sites who may

be at risk from fellow workers who are

under the influence.

Victorian taxpayers are already losing

out because Daniel Andrews has

started to return his union favours. He

has already settled with the Ambulance

union with an offer that, on the face

of it, matched the former Coalition

Government’s offer but it also includeda number of secret side deals.

And now, other unions such as the

notorious HWU and the CFMEU are

preparing to list their demands to

Daniel Andrews for hefty pay rises and

special benefits. This will cost Victorians

money and jobs.

Sweet pay deal fires up unions

Josh Gordon

Victoria’spublic sectorunions arepre-paringtouseagenerouspaydealgiventoparamedics followingL abor’selec-tionwinasa templatetodemandbigpayrises.

TheAndrewsgovernmentremainscoyaboutitsapproachtovariousloom-ingpublicsectorwagebattles,suggest-ingthepreviousgovernment’spolicyof limitingannualpayincreasesto2.5 percentplusany‘‘productivityoffsets’’re-mains.

Despitethis,PremierDanielAn-drewslatelastyearendedoneofthelongestindustrial disputesin Victoria’shistorywitha dealgivingparamedicsa6 percentpayincreasefromJanuary1,2015,a3 percentpayrisefromJuly2015,anda3 percentpayrisefromJ ul y 20 1 m ed ia te $ 30 00sign-o

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budgethundreds ofmilli onsof dollars.‘‘Weexpectadealthattreatspublic

hospitalworkerswiththesamelevelof respectasparamedics,’’HealthWork-ersUnionsecretaryDianaAsmarsaid.‘‘Premier Andrewscan’t discriminate.Hecan’tfeedonegroupofpublicsector workerscandy whilethe othergroup isforcedtoeatlemons.’’

Herunion,representing55,000Vic-torianpublichospitalworkers,isde-mandinga 20 percentriseoverfour years,warning ithad been‘‘dudded’’ bythelastpaydeal,whichprovideda10 percentincreaseoverfouryears.

Thepoliceunionisdueto beginne-gotiatingitswageagreementearlythis year.Nurseswi llfollow in20 15,withnegotiationsforVictorianpublicser- vantsdue tobe beginin 2016.

InaninterviewlatelastyearTreas-ure llasconfirmedthegovern-

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The Age 14/02/2015

The Age 17/04/2015

The Age 27/03/2015 Herald Sun 12/02/2015

Herald Sun 07/05/2015 Herald Sun 14/04/2015

The Age 15/02/2015 Herald Sun 06/03/2015


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GOVERNMENT ANDUNIONS BEGIN TO WAR

The Health Workers Union is also shocked to read recent reports that Treasurer Tim

Pallas has foreshadowed borrowing billions of dollars to pay for future projects. The

new Labor government was only elected barely 6 months ago. How is it possible

that our State’s fnances have deteriorated so quickly that we must now borrow

billions of dollars just to make ends meet?

We are dismayed by today’s announcement that taxpayers will have to pay over $420million to scrap the East-West Link project. Our members were told by you that the“contract was not worth the paper it is written on”. This has proven to be false. This $420million could have and should have gone towards funding better wages for over 55,000low paid public sector workers.

The Health Workers Union wishes to raise concerns that an over-commitment of election

promises and poor economic management by your government could result in over

55,000 Victorian public health sector workers’ wages getting left behind or jobs being

lost in the sector.

UNION: YOUBETRAYED USWhattriggerewar againstAndrews

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N EXPLOSIVE conron-tation between Emergency

ervices Minister Jane Garrettand the United Firefighters’

nion helped trigger theunion’s war with the Andrews

ent.

po ing conservative y estimat-ed a 4.5 per cent swing in seats

where there was a firefighterpresence — and up to sevenper cent in some marginalseats .

t says ire ighters and am-ulance o icers had beencre ite y commentators

across t e poitica spectrum with the success and unexpec-ted extent of the swing to

a or” .he UFU document goes

on to escri e a ispute overthe Government’s ailure toorce the MFB to use an em-

ployee code o conduct out-ined in the 2010 EBA, instead

of processes currently usedu B Act.

It says the UFU did not“condone inappropriate be-haviour but that it insisted a

ea i t ma e wi t t e govern-ment over the code o conducts ou e onou re .

It says the UFU tookoffence to the suggestion thatthe union had put Ms Garret“in a difficult position”.

“All the UFU was asking for was the agreement made

wit t e An rews Govern-

ment be honoured,” the doc-ument says.

“The UFU also rea irmedthat they did not condone in-appropriate behaviour but in-

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Union waron rate cap

JOHN MASANAUSKAS

CITY EDITOR

A UNION connected to Prem-ier Daniel Andrews has askedcouncils to provide detailedfinancial data that could beused to campaign againstLabor’s rate cap policy.

The Australian ServicesUnion wants “precise dollarfigures” on the level of cost-shifting to councils from stateand federal governments.

“(This) is a major cause for what the current State Gov-ernment describe as ‘excessive’rate increases (and) this prob-lem wil ther com

capped at the inflation rate, with councils needing to justifyany increases beyond thatto the Essential ServicesCommission.

The CPI is currently 1.3 percent, but the Herald Sun re- vealed yesterday that councils were planning rate hikes of between 3.5 and 7 per cent in2015-16.

The ASU, which includesr Andrews as a member, is

rned

given to the union would bekept anonymous, and wouldprovide solid evidence “to helpus fulfil our advocacy role indefending the autonomy of local government”.

Opposition local govern-ment spokesman David Davissaid that Mr Andrews’ unionmates were trying to under-mine his policy.

“It will be interesting to see whether the government hasthe strength to stand up to theASU,” he said.

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The unions that bankrolled Daniel Andrews’ election campaign are now

showing their true colours. The Labor Government is being bombarded

by union demands for special treatment as payback for their work.

Herald Sun 15/04/2015 Herald Sun 23/04/2015

Representation of HWU letter to Daniel Andrews 15/04/2015


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PLAYING POLITICSWITH CANCER CENTRE

Ideology, not policy, is behind Daniel

Andrews’ decision to deny Victorians a new

cancer hospital by scrapping the 42 bed

Peter Mac Private Hospital, which was part of

the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

The facts of Daniel Andrews’ decision to refuse a private

facility at Peter Mac:

• Loses $20 million in philanthropic funding, which was

contingent on a co-located private hospital.

WhatMary Wooldridgesaid on Labor’sPeter Mac decision:By ripping $20 million out of Peter Mac, Daniel Andrews is

cruelly affecting the treatment and survival of thousands of

Victorians with cancer.

In making the decision to reject Peter Mac Private,Daniel Andrews is playing politics instead of focussing on

vital patient care.

Shadow Health Minister, 3 April 2015

• Downgrades the potential of Peter Mac to be world class.

• Loss of $20 million will impact public beds, theatres and

ancillary services.

• The Women’s Hospital and Frances Perry House, built and

opened by the previous Labor Government, operates on

the same basis as is proposed for Peter Mac Private.

• Nearly 40% of Peter Mac patients are already privately

insured.


The Age 04/04/2015



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6 MONTHS IN AND SOMANY BROKEN PROMISES

DOUBLE CROSSED ON LEVEL CROSSINGS

No timeline yet for

level crossing fixKNOX LEADER, 14 APRIL 2015

Frankston misses out on

early crossing removals.FRANKSTON TIMES, 25 MAY 2015

What Labor promised for

level crossing removals.

$5-6 billion

What Labor delivered for

new level crossing removals.

$0and 8 level crossing removals have been delayed that were fully

funded in the Coalition’s last budget. Where’s the money gone?

ASBESTOS IN SCHOOLSTECHNICAL SCHOOLS ■ Labor said asbestos in schools... “will be gone... our kids

health and safety means everything,”

Daniel Andrews, 26 Nov 2014

■ Labor promised $100 million and has delivered less than

half what Daniel Andrews said was required. So much

for kids’ health and safety meaning everything!

■ If the promise of $125.37 million for ten new Tech Schools

sounded too good to be true, it’s probably because it was.

■ Daniel Andrews has only managed to deliver ten percent

of the money he pledged.

■ It is clear Daniel Andrews and Labor are happy to talk

big, but when it comes to the crunch they fail to produce

the goods. The Age 13/05/2015

Ballarat Courier 21/05/2015


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SOUTH YARRA OUT OF LOOP ■ South Yarra is one of our busiest commercial hubs - and

yet Daniel Andrews has cut plans for an underground

metro connection at South Yarra.

■ Our rail system is too important to be stuffed up. We can’t

afford for it to become another Myki or Desalination disaster.

The Age 19/04/2015

MORE LOCAL BROKENPROMISES

FIXING YAN YEAN ROAD ■ Labor promised $95 million to duplicate the congested

Yan Yean Road.

■ The reality is Labor have only allocated less than$1 million in the 2015-16 State Budget. That’s less than

1 per cent of the funding required.

■ This project has already been planned in detail.

DRYSDALE BYPASS ■ Labor promised to build the Drysdale Bypass, and said

they would provide $109 million for the project.

■ The reality is Labor have only allocated $2 million inthe 2015-16 State Budget. That’s only 1.8 per cent of the

funding required for the project.

MERNDA RAIL ■ Just $9 million (0.15%) has been allocated for a

$600 million project.

■ Uncertainty over when this project will be delivered with

no long term plans outlined.

THE AGE, 18 MAY 2015

Still waiting for the

train in vain in Mernda

THOMPSONS ROAD

Short-changed or short-sighted over road upgradeCRANBOURNE TIMES, 14 MAY 2015

■ Labor promised $175 million to duplicate Thompsons

Road in Cranbourne.

■ Yet in Labor’s first budget only $20.5 million has been

allocated to for the project.

The Age 06/05/2015

HODDLE STREET CONGESTION ■ Labor promised $60 million to implement ‘continuous

flow intersections’ along Hoddle Street, but this year’s

Budget has only provided $1.8 million, with no additional

money allocated over the forward estimates.


19/20

The Hon. Matthew Guy MPLeader of the Opposition | Leader of the Liberal Party

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PRAHRAN SECONDARY COLLEGE

MORE LOCAL BROKENPROMISES

■ Daniel Andrews is dragging his feet on delivering a

new secondary school for Prahran by only allocating a

quarter of the required funding.

■ Labor has clear disregard for the views of the community

on this issue.

Stonnington Leader 12/05/2015


ARMSTRONG CREEK SCHOOL

SIGN THE PETITIONSto make sure Daniel Andrews honours his promises

■ Labor promised to build 11 new schools, including the

Armstrong Creek West Primary School (Armstrong Creek).

■ NO FUNDING has been allocated in the 2015 State Budget.

Geelong Advertiser 19/05/2015

Level Crossing Removals

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Peter Mac

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Metro Station Cutswww.GetMetroRight.com.auMernda Railwww.SaveMerndaRail.com.au


20/20

Six months of the Andrews Labor Government

ALL TALK, NO ACTION

daniel andrews: six months of all talk and no action

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