Labor’s Ghost Shifts Scandal: Massive Waste Exposed
Labor’s ‘ghost shifts’ scandal exposes massive waste
The Allan Labor Government’s giant Metro Tunnel has been rocked by a ‘ghost shifts’ scandal that is potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
MC Labour – a major labour hire firm in Victoria’s construction sector – operated a near-monopoly on staffing the Metro Tunnel site.
Revealed today are allegations CFMEU delegates and sub-contractors working on the site invoiced for shifts that were never worked.
This ‘ghost shifts’ scandal could have contributed to the project’s budget blowout, and is part of a broader issue of alleged corruption in the Allan Labor Government’s Big Build projects.
Union officials have been sacked and probes launched to uncover the extent of fraud against the taxpayer. It is possible this scandal could be referred to the police.
Shadow Minister for Major Projects, Evan Mulholland, said: “This Labor Government has been a complicit by-stander in mass fraud on the taxpayer funded metro tunnel site.”
“The Big Build is the Big Rort because Labor can’t manage money, can’t manage major projects and seem unable to prevent the mass rorting of Victorian taxpayers’ money.
Leader of the Opposition, Brad Battin, said: “Premier Jacinta Allan must be clear on whether she intends to remove MC Labour from the Metro Tunnel site as her predecessor claimed he would.”
“Victorians deserve to have a government that respects the taxpayer and spends their money wisely. This government clearly does neither.”
“Unlike Premier Allan’s decade of waste, the Liberals and Nationals have a clear solution: bikies off building sites, a Construction Enforcement Victoria watchdog, and a Royal Commission into CFMEU corruption.”
https://vic.liberal.org.au/article/2025-03-07-battin-mulholland-labors-ghost-shifts-scandal-exposes-massive-waste