Constituency questions
Polwarth electorate
Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:44): (1210) My question this afternoon is to the Minister for Agriculture, and the question I have for the minister is: when will the government begin to support the amazing work being done by the Need for Feed and Hay Runners and other charitable organisations who are relying incredibly on the generous support of interstate farmers and the local trucking and transport industries across Victoria and interstate? Farmers and towns in my communities of Polwarth have been most grateful for the ongoing support offered purely through philanthropic and generous donations from farmers and trucking groups right around the country, and yet this government has failed to offer any financial support or any subsidy to the donated fuel and truck time that is being used to bring much-needed food and feed to our desperate farmers in Polwarth.