Lowan electorate bushfire preparedness
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (12:59): Following the bushfires earlier this year that struck the communities of Pomonal and Dadswells Bridge, there were two key asks in those communities. The Pomonal CFA are looking for an ultralight tanker. They borrowed one over that period, but they definitely need one placed there because this community has been hit by bushfire so many times. They loaned a tanker from Stawell CFA. They additionally need another tanker to loan out to that area, but they need one to be based at Stawell. Of course we heard from the Premier herself, who promised the Dadswells Bridge community a new Telstra tower. That area had no telephone reception at all in the lead-up to the bushfires and during the bushfire itself. I therefore urge the Premier to honour her commitment to fund a new mobile tower for Dadswells Bridge but also to make sure that the Stawell and Pomonal fire brigades get the equipment that they desperately need.