Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Bass electorate

Jordan CRUGNALE (Bass) (14:42): (801) My question is to the Minister for Environment. How is the government supporting the Inverloch community following the extreme weather conditions across the state recently? We saw a one-in-10-year storm surge event which has caused damage to Victoria’s land and coastline. I want to thank our fantastic emergency services members, local community groups, land managers, councils and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action working to help our community in affected areas. I visited the Inverloch surf club several times, met with club reps to discuss coastal erosion and damage and the cape-to-cape resilience plan, which has mapped out and modelled the adaptation pathways from present day to 2100. The C2C plan clearly outlines the present-day pathway being nature-based dune enhancement and restoration, which is an engineering solution, and this is what is being done, and the design’s tender process is also underway. I look forward to informing my community on what we are doing to best address the impacts on the Inverloch coastline, backed by science and informed by experts.