Tuesday, 17 October 2023

 Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (16:59): It is always a great thing to come here to this place and celebrate a project that you see from start to finish, and that is exactly what happened last week out in Werribee. Our Premier, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Children, the member for Point Cook and the member for Tarneit – some fabulous westies in total – got together, and we went down to check out Wyndham early parenting centre. This is such a great site for families in Wyndham. Wyndham is a community where over 120 babies are born each and every single week at Mercy Hospital alone. We need this centre. We have built it. It is going to be open in coming weeks, and it was fantastic to get in and see it before it was filled with families and children. Now, what we know is that not every journey as a new parent is an easy road to walk down. When things happen, like bub does not sleep, you need a place to go and you need experts with you to help you settle your baby, get to know them and slide into the crazy ride that is parenthood. This is an early parenting centre that was so needed and deserved by my local community. It was an absolute pleasure to be there with our new Premier to check it out. I cannot wait for our community to be able to access it.