Benambra electorate
Mr TILLEY (Benambra) (14:40): (6254) My question is for the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. The question is: what is the equivalent full-time number of Parks Victoria and Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning staff who act as enforcement officers for Crown land camping reserves in the Benambra electorate? In the north-east we are blessed with some of the idyllic Crown land riverside camping reserves, but increasingly we see people set up camp for months on end. Some have been in the same spot for over two years, all to the detriment of other campers in the community. I understand the stays in these reserves are for six weeks. It appears this is rarely enforced and that long-term squatters are only too aware that they are unlikely to be evicted. So who is policing this? My suggestion is to address this issue before unleashing your hit squad to look at camping spots on our farmers’ riverfront leases.