Tuesday, 5 March 2024

 Anthony CARBINES (Ivanhoe – Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing) (19:22): There were several matters, including one from the member for South-West Coast to the Minister for Regional Development seeking support for Warrnambool Airport infrastructure for commercial operations. The member for Tarneit raised a matter for the Minister for Children seeking action to visit Wimba Primary School and family centres in his electorate, where there has been significant investment. The member for Gippsland South raised a matter for the Minister for Education, in particular seeking action around capital funding at schools in his electorate, including Sale College and Foster Primary School, and at Mirboo North stadium. I will be visiting Mirboo North next week and look forward to catching up.

The member for Pakenham raised a matter for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the rollout of disability inclusion at state schools in the Pakenham electorate. The member for Malvern has raised a matter for the Minister for Planning, and the action the honourable member for Malvern seeks is that the minister listen and act – remember that phrase? Some on this side of the house may remember ‘listen and act’ a little bit – with regard to the residents’ concerns.

Michael O’Brien: I’m glad somebody else picked up the reference.

Anthony CARBINES: Indeed. How could we forget? They want action on the Woolworths development at 173 Burke Road, Glen Iris, to make sure that the residents’ concerns are affirmed and followed up on. I will pass that on to the Minister for Planning. The member for Laverton raised a matter for the Minister for Children seeking a visit and some action there on the Truganina North education precinct, particularly around the preschool and early learning in that suburb and across her electorate. The member for Prahran raised a Minister for Planning matter regarding the minister investigating anti-competitive practices between supermarkets – Coles and Woolworths I think were mentioned.

The member for Wendouree raised a matter for the Minister for Public and Active Transport to visit the Alstom site in Ballarat to see the X’trapolis 2.0 trains and the $1 billion investment from the government and not only the significant work that that is providing by having those trains made in Ballarat, with 60 per cent local content, but also the great opportunities that is providing for those in the electorate of Wendouree. The member for Mildura raised a matter for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to visit the intersection at Sixteenth Street and Deakin Avenue with her, where there have been some dozen crashes between 2012 and this year. I think the Mildura South Primary School is there, but I will leave that for the member and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety.

The member for Bayswater raised a matter for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure regarding the fantastic North East Link Program – we could go on about that north of the Yarra, across Ivanhoe and Bundoora, but certainly to the south there along the Eastern Freeway – seeking action and an update with regard to the works that are now happening across the Eastern Freeway component of the project, which will help connect parts of Bayswater and the broader eastern suburbs with the great northern suburbs of Melbourne.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The house now stands adjourned until tomorrow morning.

House adjourned 7:26 pm.