Thursday, 16 October 2025

 Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:47): (1329) My question this afternoon is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs, and the question I have is from the Probus clubs of Colac, who are seeking to have their Consumer Affairs Victoria fee of some $424.60 waived because of its unnecessary impact on their clubs. The question to the minister is: why does Victoria have such an exorbitant fee where other states charge as little as $23 for this changing of the rules that govern Probus clubs? This exorbitant extra fee of $424 – compared to, say, Queensland, where it is only $23 – across all the Probus clubs in Victoria that will have to pay this fee is a tax grab of some $254,760 across Victoria.