Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Constituency questions
Thomastown electorate
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Ripon electorate
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Legal and Social Issues Committee
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Building the Evidence Base: Inquiry into Capturing Data on People Who Use Family Violence in Victoria
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Legal and Social Issues Committee
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Building the Evidence Base: Inquiry into Capturing Data on People Who Use Family Violence in Victoria
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Legal and Social Issues Committee
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Building the Evidence Base: Inquiry into Capturing Data on People Who Use Family Violence in Victoria
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Inquiry into Securing the Victorian Food Supply
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Legal and Social Issues Committee
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Building the Evidence Base: Inquiry into Capturing Data on People Who Use Family Violence in Victoria
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Legal and Social Issues Committee
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Register and Talk about It: Inquiry into Increasing the Number of Registered Organ and Tissue Donors
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Polwarth electorate
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Thomastown electorate
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Transport Legislation Amendment (Vehicle Sharing Scheme Safety and Standards) Bill 2025
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Wyndham City Council
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Responses
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Thomastown electorate
Bronwyn HALFPENNY (Thomastown) (14:54): (1085) My question is to the Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing. I have been approached by local business Deep Hole Drilling Specialists, who previously received support from the state government to install a biochar production system that uses a pyrolytic heat process. The company produces the biochar from non-chemical-treated pine crates sourced through the circular economy. Clean heat from this process is, in turn, used in the company’s preheated ovens for the deep drilling process, thus reducing the reliance on gas. The company is now looking for opportunities to sell the biochar. Biochar can be used in agricultural applications but also as an industrial agent for improving chemical properties of materials including concrete, asphalt, industrial ink, paints and resins. Minister, what is the government doing to support business in my electorate to locate markets and educate industry about the benefits of such products and processes?