Wednesday, 21 September 2022

 Mr BRAYNE (Nepean) (10:11): I rise also today to talk about what I have used my role for to get done in my community on the southern peninsula since I was elected back in 2018. We have rebuilt Rosebud Primary School, with Dromana Primary, Peninsula Specialist College and Rosebud Secondary College rebuilds well and truly under way. We have upgraded Red Hill Consolidated School and made improvements at Boneo Primary and Dromana College. We have made the biggest transformation to the bus network on the Mornington Peninsula in decades with the route 788 Frankston to Portsea service now going every half an hour, introduced FlexiRide and we began the first express service bus to Frankston. We are building community assets like Flinders hall and the Southern Peninsula Youth Hub and restoring the iconic McCrae lighthouse—the opening is this Wednesday coming. We have upgraded the piers at Rye and Sorrento, and of course we have saved Flinders Pier and we will rebuild it. We have helped sporting clubs with some significant developments in Dromana, Red Hill and Rosebud and are upgrading the Sorrento Surf Lifesaving Club. However, there is still so much more to do. I am just getting started.

For new residents on the peninsula, the last four years have not been the status quo. In fact for literally decades on the Mornington Peninsula nothing much happened. Every issue we face on the peninsula has built up over the last 30 to 40 years. I have used my role to change this. I want to thank the community for the opportunity to be your member of Parliament for the last four years, and I look forward to the opportunity to continue to do things for the place we all live in and love.