Monbulk electorate public transport
Daniela DE MARTINO (Monbulk) (17:16): (98) My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Public Transport. An increasing number of constituents are contacting me regarding public transport options in the hills, in particular regarding our bus network. To date the Andrews Labor government has shown a continued commitment to improving our public transport network, and I am proud to be part of a government that prioritises investment in this vital service. We are doing it to get Victorians home to their families safer and sooner wherever they live, including in the Dandenong Ranges. Belgrave station is looking fantastic, by the way, at the moment, and I look forward to the minister’s visit soon. Bus services are an essential part of our public transport network, especially in my electorate. The action I seek from the minister is that he ask the Department of Transport and Planning to investigate what options might be available to improve services across the hills. I invite the minister, when he comes to visit Belgrave station, our main bus interchange, to examine with me those bus services and how future bus network planning could greatly improve connectedness across the electorate of Monbulk. I look forward to the minister’s response and reporting the findings back to my constituents.