Promises, promises,,,Oh dear.

As part of his successful election campaign Dan (the man) Andrews promised to obliterate the grossly expensive (6 billion plus change) East-link road project which was a corner-stone of the previous government's policy. In fact, so confident were they of the correctness of their project, they hastened to sign building contracts right up to the eve of the election.

They lost.

Dan said all along the project was a white elephant which he promised to cancel immediately (if) elected. He was. That promise has been kept... believe it or not. However, Dan also promised that he would achieve destruction of the 'not worth the paper they're written on' contracts without incurring compensation at tax-payer expense... based on learned counsel he had obtained pre-election. According to media reports today, that undertaking might've been just a bridge too far for our Dan(?) It now seems there may be a prospect of the State incurring a $1.2 billion compensation bill if displaced contractor's
legal advice is less rubbery than Dan's!

NB. apart from the 'white elephant' ref, in the above text... it so happens that during October 2014 just prior to the State election, media were running once again the long standing story that evidence exists to confirm that Elephants can paint meaningful pictures given the necessary materials and a loaded brush clutched in the tip of their trunk. (Google 'elephant painting') Put that together with the oft-used modern term 'elephant in the room' ... and VOILA! you have today's cartoon!