Constituency questions
Caulfield electorate
David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (14:50): (1180) My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services, and the question is: when will the minister provide an appropriate fit-for-purpose station for Glen Eira SES to allow them to do their job, the important work to keep their community safe, particularly when the current facility is not fit for purpose? I have raised this four times in this house over two years, and Labor have continued to ignore the concerns of the community and of this hardworking volunteer group within our SES. I know the member for Bentleigh is in the chamber at the moment, and I am sure he shares the concerns of the Glen Eira SES. But we need more than sharing concerns, we need action. We need the SES to ensure that they can get their trucks out during an emergency. The other day their office was blocked, and they could not get trucks out and get to an emergency on time. So we need action now.