Questions without notice and ministers statements
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (14:28): My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. In 2019 a government media release announced ‘Massive maintenance blitz for Victorian roads’. In 2020 it was mission accomplished with ‘Massive road maintenance blitz complete’. In 2021 it was mission accomplished again: ‘Major road maintenance blitz wraps up’. In 2022 the announcement became ‘Road maintenance blitz rolls out across regional Victoria’; in 2023 ‘Road maintenance blitz kicks off across regional Victoria’; and in 2024, finally, yesterday, ‘Road maintenance blitz revs up across regional Victoria’. When will the Labor government stop the spin blitz and actually fix our roads?
Members interjecting.
The SPEAKER: Order! Member for South-West Coast! I will call the minister when the house comes to order. That was a very long preamble, member for Gippsland South.
Members interjecting.
The SPEAKER: The member for Polwarth can leave the chamber for half an hour.
Member for Polwarth withdrew from chamber.
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (14:32): Labor’s own survey last year showed that 91 per cent of Victorian roads were in poor or very poor condition. What is the current figure?