Lowan electorate
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (12:50): (1134) My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier commit to scrapping the tax and making the commitment made on the steps of Parliament today by the Liberals and the Nationals? I was moved by the contribution by John Bennett of Kaniva, who has been absolutely smashed with the Little Desert fires; the impact on his property and his farm by dingoes, which have been going unabated, attacking his stock; and now he has been hit hard with the emergency services tax that has been put on him and other farmers across the state by Premier Allen and her city-centric Labor government. Our local people are sick to death of having all of their hard-earned funds taken away from them during a cost-of-living crisis. The Allan Labor government must agree to scrap this tax, particularly during a cost-of-living and a cost-of-business crisis, and stop Victorians from paying the price.