Welcome to neo-liberalism writ large.they go over budget because we dont have any in house departments that can build infrastructure anymore, so the private mobs line up and take turns fleecing us, many years ago the SEC, gas and fuel, PMG , Country roads board , board of works all built affordable infrastructure with extra capacity for the future.
100 years ago we built railways all over the state, now we cant even extend a line from broadmeadows/jacana/sunbury to the airport!
Both sides do it, but at least one side does actually build stuff. The trouble is when they try and plan for things outside the electoral cycle, it is attacked as unrealistic. Hence why large rail extensions and tunnels are difficult to get off the ground.





