Dan Andrews stuffs Victorians with infrastructure pork

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The Victorian Auditor-General found in 2021 that the state’s multibillion-dollar projects were being built with “fragmented planning” and secrecy, which was costing taxpayers dearly.

The Auditor-General also discovered that the Victorian Government has a “tendency to underestimate costs and over-estimate benefits” for big projects.

As a result, Victorians face “delays in ­obtaining needed infrastructure or increased costs”.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.