Jane Foreman - Family First Legislative Council Candidate
Key Facts:
KEY FACTS:
•The $50 million Rivergum Residential Treatment Centre has housed fewer than 20 prisoners since opening in 2018, remaining fully staffed — corrections insiders call it a “complete flop.”
•Taskforce Hawk only launched its Metro Tunnel fraud inquiry after The Age reported it — the Allan government and project consortium never made a formal police report.
•Schindler falsely claimed $6 million for flood-damaged escalators that CCTV confirmed were never replaced. Schindler repaid the funds and dismissed three employees, but no formal police report was made.
•Not a single Taskforce Hawk prosecution currently before the courts relates directly to Big Build corruption or misuse of Big Build funds.
•CFMEU corruption buster Geoffrey Watson SC estimates Big Build rorts have cost Victorian taxpayers $15 billion.
•Victoria’s state debt is tracking toward $199.3 billion by 2030.
•Family First commits to a full independent audit of Big Build expenditure and redirecting identified savings to frontline services for Victorian families.
A $50 million ghost prison. A $6 million Metro Tunnel fraud covered up for months. Week after week more waste is exposed — and Victorian families are left paying the bill.
Two damning reports this week laid bare the true scale of Labor’s waste culture - and it is only Monday.
The Herald Sun revealed that the $50 million Rivergum Residential Treatment Centre — built in 2018 to house the state’s most dangerous offenders — has sat almost empty for nearly a decade, housing fewer than 20 prisoners while remaining fully staffed at enormous ongoing cost to taxpayers. Insiders describe it as a “complete flop.”.
Simultaneously, The Age has exposed that Taskforce Hawk only launched a major investigation into a $6 million Metro Tunnel fraud after media reporting — not because the Allan government or project consortium ever formally reported it to police. Swiss giant Schindler falsely claimed the money for flood-damaged escalators that CCTV later confirmed were never replaced. Schindler repaid the funds and dismissed three employees, yet government officials stayed silent.
These revelations follow last week’s exposure of six-figure diversity bureaucrat roles being advertised as Victoria’s debt races toward $200 billion. CFMEU corruption buster Geoffrey Watson SC has estimated Big Build rorts have cost Victorian taxpayers $15 billion — a figure the Allan government dismisses even as new scandals surface every week.
The pattern is unmistakable: waste, cover-up, and a government that refuses to be held to account — while Victorian families struggle with cost-of-living pressures and wait longer for the hospitals, schools and emergency services they were promised.
“Every week there’s a new scandal, and every scandal is money that should have gone to Victorian families — their hospitals, schools and roads. This government has turned waste and cover-up into a way of life, and ordinary Victorians are paying the price.”
“A ghost prison sitting empty for a decade. A $6 million fraud hushed up for months. These aren’t just numbers — they are nurses not hired, ambulances not funded, and cost-of-living relief not delivered to families who desperately need it.”
“The Allan government didn’t even bother reporting a $6 million fraud to police — police only found out because the media exposed it. If they won’t act on blatant theft from taxpayers, what hope do Victorian families have?.”
“Family First’s promise is simple: audit every Big Build dollar, hold contractors and bureaucrats to account, and redirect savings to the services families actually rely on. Enough is enough.”
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About us:
About Family First
Family First exists to restore Australia by restoring the primacy of the family in public policy. This will be achieved through a grass roots political party which raises courageous voices in our nation’s parliaments. More details are available on our website: https://www.familyfirstparty.org.au/
