PREMIER Jacinta Allan should put Elton John on her playlist, says Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh.
It comes as Mr Walsh spoke in Parliament on Wednesday about the money the Victorian State Government paid not to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
“It is hard to look my constituents in the face day in, day out, and try to explain to them why the Labor government cannot repair our appalling roads, provide them with a roof over their head or have more medical services available and better schools,” he said.
“As Elton John sang, sorry is the hardest word to say.
“Perhaps the Premier should put that song on her playlist.”
Mr Walsh said he was forced to put aside the government’s “lies about the $2.6 billion Commonwealth Games”, and the millions it was going to spend building much-needed regional sporting infrastructure.
“But I cannot put aside the almost $600 million those mistruths have cost us in helping Glasgow stage the Commonwealth Games in 2026, money straight off our bottom line and money adding to our already crippling debt.”
He said it was money his electorate would have welcomed for capital projects.
“Money which in my electorate alone would have paid for the new Swan Hill bridge and been more than enough to finish the Swan Hill hospital rebuild,” Mr Walsh said.
