Appendix A. Audit Act 1994 section 16—submissions and comments

We have consulted with DEDJTR, DPC, DTF, PTV, VicTrack, and V/Line, and we considered their views when reaching our audit conclusions. As required by section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, we gave a draft copy of this report, or relevant extracts, to those agencies and asked for their submissions and comments.

Responsibility for the accuracy, fairness and balance of those comments rests solely with the agency head.

Responses were received as follows:

1 Audit context

Originally budgeted at $4.32 billion, with an expected final cost of $3.65 billion, the RRL project was, at the time of approval and delivery, one of the largest and most expensive rail projects ever to be built in Victoria.

The RRL was designed to improve the capacity and reliability of rail services by:

Audit overview

The Regional Rail Link (RRL) project was, at the time of its approval and delivery, one of the largest and most expensive rail projects ever built in Victoria, with an estimated final cost of $3.65 billion.

Since its official opening in mid-2015, the RRL has transformed public transport journeys in key growth corridors to the west of Melbourne.

Acronyms

DEDJTR Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
DOT former Department of Transport
DPC Department of Premier and Cabinet
DTF Department of Treasury and Finance
HVHR High Value High Risk
IA Infrastructure Australia
KPI Key performance indicator

Transmittal letter

Ordered to be published

VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER March 2018

PP No 384, Session 2014–18

The Hon. Bruce Atkinson MLC
President
Legislative Council
Parliament House
Melbourne
 
The Hon Colin Brooks MP
Speaker
Legislative Assembly
Parliament House
Melbourne
 

Dear Presiding Officers

Appendix C. SDO 23 Case Management

CV granted concessions to both operators on the measurement of their performance against SDO 23 (prisoner case management) in 2016–17. The circumstances leading to this decision demonstrate the importance for CV to consider any contractual implications for the state and private operators when planning any substantive changes in system-wide standards, initiatives or performance measurement approaches.