Laverton electorate
Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:44): (1171) My question is for the Minister for the State Electricity Commission. Just a few weeks ago the Premier announced that from 1 July our government will be powered by the SEC. This means that all Victorian government operations – our schools, our hospitals, our train stations, our museums and right down to our trains and traffic lights – will be powered by cheap and reliable renewable energy. In fact it is the first time the SEC will have powered anything since the Liberal Party privatised it in the 1990s. They said it could not be done, that we would not successfully bring back the SEC, but we did, and what is more, we enshrined it in Victoria’s constitution so that it could never, ever be sold off again. From next year ordinary households and businesses will be able to access the SEC as a one-stop shop for all their electricity needs, including energy upgrades and solar. My question for the minister is: how will these changes benefit folks in my electorate of Laverton, be it at our schools or our stations or for households and businesses come next year?