CFMEU pricetag of each Melbourne Metro Tunnel station revealed
A leaked document reveals that the Victorian government paid $837 million to a consortium to avoid a lawsuit regarding cost blowouts on the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project. The costs were significantly inflated by industrial labor influences linked to the CFMEU.
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This highlights significant taxpayer-funded cost overruns in major infrastructure projects and raises questions about government management and union influence.
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Share A A A Premier Jacinta Allan authorised an $837 million taxpayer payment to a Big Build consortium after it threatened to sue the government, a move that would have publicly aired claims Labor had forced it to cave in to CFMEU demands and revealed to Victorians what that had added to the cost of every new train station on the signature Metro Tunnel project.
The legal threat to the Allan government, along with the detailed breakdown of the additional cost forced upon the delivery of every Metro Tunnel station as a result of the CFMEU acting uninhibited by the government, is contained in an 89-page memo titled the “Consolidated Issues Document”.
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