Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Responses

Anthony CARBINES (Ivanhoe – Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing) (19:21): I note that there was a matter raised by the member for South-West Coast for the Minister for Public and Active Transport to add extra stops in the Portland estate for the community in the Portland estate to travel to the town centre. The member for Tarneit raised a matter for the Minister for Education to update him and his community with regard to the progress of the Warringa Park specialist school. Of course the Allan Labor government has committed to upgrading all special development schools across Victoria and has made significant contributions. I am sure there will be an update there for the member for Tarneit with regard to Warringa Park School.

The member for Euroa raised a matter for the Minister for Ambulance Services seeking the establishment of MICA services in the Mitchell shire. The member for Lara raised a matter for the Minister for Youth to visit particular youth centres in her electorate in the suburb of Corio. The member for Benambra raised a matter for the Minister for Health seeking confirmation that a helipad will be built at the new Albury Wodonga Health campus, the Albury campus, and the master plan where the government is contributing some $225 million. The member for Wendouree raised a matter for the Minister for Planning to visit Wendouree and outline how the plan for Victoria will deliver for the local stakeholders and represent those voices in Ballarat.

The member for Brunswick raised a matter for the Minister for Local Government about one person, one vote – well, one vote, one value. He discussed and outlined his concerns in regard to that in the business community. We might need to channel a little bit of Gough Whitlam there – only one value, one vote. But I know that the matters that the member for Brunswick has raised will be passed on to the Minister for Local Government. While we are on the City of Melbourne, can I just thank the work of Nicholas Reece, the mayor of the City of Melbourne, for the great work that he is doing. He has outlined several policies, unlike the Greens candidate who has outlined no policies in their candidacy in the City of Melbourne. I commend the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Nick Reece for the activism and the work that he is doing leading the City of Melbourne.

The member for Hastings raised a matter for the Minister for Community Sport. He is keen to have her meet the Somerville Recreation Reserve tenants. Three hundred thousand dollars in funding was secured from the Allan Labor government by the member for Hastings in his hard work for the football, netball and cricket clubs. So he is pretty keen to have the Minister for Community Sport out there, and I will pass that on. The member for Gippsland East raised a matter for the Minister for Housing around timely and stronger advocacy and action against housing tenants who exhibit violent and disrespectful behaviour when they have the privilege of living in taxpayer-funded accommodation. I will be sure to pass on those concerns about behaviour that is not appropriate to the Minister for Housing.

The member for Laverton raised a matter for my good self, and I do look forward to catching up with her with her local community and local stakeholders in Truganina, particularly around P–9 College and the local community, to make sure that with Victoria Police we continue our work together with the local community to make sure that people are safe. Particularly when we have returned to school after the winter break, we need to make sure that communities are safe and that people can allow their kids to travel to and from school within local communities that are very busy, particularly out in the west where there is significant congestion at times, to make sure that those at our schools and those picking them up and taking them home are also looked after and treated safely. In my conversations with colleagues across the west, particularly around traffic safety cameras, there is an opportunity for us to make sure that all those decisions are made independently and that the applications that are being put forward are being scrutinised, because we could certainly grow the capacity around our traffic safety cameras across the western suburbs. I look forward to catching up with the member for Laverton with her local community to discuss those priorities and to make sure that we can deliver some positive outcomes around road safety for the community in Trug and certainly for the people of Laverton.

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

House adjourned 7:25 pm.