Thursday, 15 May 2025

 Jacinta ALLAN (Bendigo East – Premier) (14:38): Over the course of this week we have been focused on what matters to working people and Victorian families, with a commitment to supporting them with the services they need and real and meaningful cost-of-living support for families and for children. Let us go back to Monday, when a number of us were at Sunshine station with the members for Werribee, Kororoit, Melton, Point Cook, Laverton, Sunbury and Footscray, the Deputy Premier, the Minister for Small Business and Employment, and the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. We were all there announcing our Labor government’s commitment to airport rail, to Sunshine station and to more services that will run on the Metro Tunnel when it opens – the Metro Tunnel only delivered by a Labor government – and additional services on the Craigieburn line, the Upfield line, the Sandringham line and the Werribee line and also in Gippsland and in Seymour. Then on Tuesday I was with the Minister for Police and the Minister for Corrections, investing in more prison beds and more prison officers because we have put community safety first. Yesterday I was with the Attorney-General and the Minister for Planning, focusing on building more homes by extending the off-the-plan stamp duty concession because we know it makes homes cheaper to buy for buyers and easier to build for builders. Then this morning, as the Deputy Premier has outlined, the Deputy Premier, the member for Footscray and I were at Maribyrnong College, a great government school, investing in families who need support the most to make sure their kids do not miss out on that great school camp or excursion. I was with the Minister for Community Sport, investing in those strong Get Active Kids vouchers, which mean kids are on the field, not left stuck sitting on the sidelines because they cannot afford to get out on the field. That is what we will continue to focus on: investing in those things that matter to families.