Victorian Elections 2014: Major project costs would soar under Labor: Abbott Government Opposition leader Daniel Andrews before a more sympathetic crowd of paramedics and ambulance officers this week. VICTORIANS will pay more for $15 billion worth of major projects if Labor wins the election on Saturday, the Federal Government says. Employment Minister Eric Abetz has hit out at Daniel Andrews for his plans to rip up a hard line building industry code that keeps costs down. The Victorian code - which came in last month - introduces mandatory drug testing, bans the flying of union flags on sites and restricts companies from signing union-friendly pay deals. "The Andrews/CFMEU policy to abolish the code would ensure that the Victorian building industry returns to the days of rorts, delays and cost blowouts that characterised the industry under the former Government," Mr Abetz said. The Victorian code guidelines this year covered 79 projects, with a total value of $15 billion. Mr Andrews went on 3AW Radio this morning, claiming he would tear up the Victorian code because it was unlawful. But that claim was incorrect because while the State Government lost an initial case on the code, it won an appeal in the Federal Court in 2013. A new federal building code, modelled on the Victorian code, is planned to be put before the Senate within months. If successful, that code will introduce tough conditions on projects that attract Federal Government funding. Mr Abetz told the Australian Financial Review that the Federal Government would withhold funds for Victorian projects if Labor refuses to abide by the hard-line code. "If Victoria does not agree to abide by the code, then the Commonwealth will withhold funding," he said. It is unthinkable that Labor's Daniel Andrews is willing to sacrifice the wellbeing of Victorians and the funding of infrastructure projects on the altar of CFMEU appeasement. Mr Andrews has been criticised for his links with the CFMEU, who are part of his Social Left faction of the Labor Party. His Industrial Relations spokeswoman Natalie Hutchins told the Herald Sun that the State Government's code did not prevent workplace deaths - even though it includes a clause that requires mandatory drug testing. "The Workplace Relations Management Plans (WRMPs) deemed mandatory under the Napthine Government's Building Industry Construction Code have not assisted the construction industry to grow, has not secured new jobs and has failed to prevent workplace deaths or improved workplace safety," she said. "The Construction Code Unit has proven one thing - it's a waste of taxpayers" money." Originally published as Feds: Labor win would trigger "rorts, blowouts"