Broadmeadows electorate
Mr McGUIRE (Broadmeadows) (14:53): (6485) My question is to the Treasurer. How is the electorate of Broadmeadows benefiting from the Victorian government’s economic recovery plan? I want to acknowledge the state’s jobless rate is now less than half of when it came to power in November 2014, and that is great result, but also we need to actually go to the areas of greatest disadvantage and turn them into postcodes of hope. That is the strategy from 2016, and it has been backed up. I have been delighted to inspire $1 billion in shovel-ready and pipeline projects—no cost to the taxpayer, 5000 new jobs on the way—turning the derelict Ford site into a green belt for new industries and jobs. The vaccine manufacturing strategy is proven: we have got 50 million doses of AstraZeneca out of CSL and another $1.8 billion nearby for influenza coming as well. So I just want to get the Treasurer to focus on what else we can do to deliver jobs where they are needed most.