Wednesday, 15 October 2025

 Paul MERCURIO (Hastings) (19:51): (1347) My adjournment matter tonight is for the Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, and the action I seek is for the minister to come down to my electorate, spend a little bit of time around my electorate and specifically visit some wineries. I know that some people are thinking probably it is going to be a long lunch, but it will be a working day. I might get him to come down on the train on the Stony Point line and get off at Hastings and check out some of the businesses there and the jobs and economic potential with the renewable energy terminal. I cannot get him on the Hastings–Mornington bus route yet, but if the member for Mornington would like to have a meeting with me, I can tell him exactly when the bus will be delivered. But I will not do it today. I would like to thank the Labor government for giving me the money to make this bus possible. We will not go to Mornington this time, but after we have been to Hastings we will go down to some wineries. There are many great wineries on the Mornington Peninsula, as well as distilleries, breweries and restaurants, but there are a couple in my electorate that the minister is interested in. They are batting above their weight locally, nationally and globally, and that is where the interest is. I look forward to the minister coming down and spending some time with me – and I look forward to chatting to you later.