Thursday, 20 February 2025

 Annabelle CLEELAND (Euroa) (14:52): (1002) My question is for the Minister for Natural Disaster Recovery. Why hasn’t this government fully supported the majority of recommendations from the 2022 flood inquiry? Thousands of regional Victorians lost everything. Hundreds made submissions to the inquiry and pleaded for real change, yet this government has ignored them. Of the 73 recommendations, only 16 have been fully supported – that is just 16 out of 73 recommendations. Even fewer will deliver immediate improvements for flood-affected communities like mine. Seymour, Euroa, Murchison and Benalla deserve better. Recommendation 23, helping high-risk households become flood-resilient – rejected. Recommendation 27, funding analyses of levee breaches – refused. Recommendation 29, building ring levees after a successful pilot – ignored. Recommendation 39, urgent mitigation measures – rejected. Please explain why. We deserve answers.