Thursday, 30 October 2025

 Melissa HORNE (Williamstown – Minister for Ports and Freight, Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Minister for Health Infrastructure) (09:58): It is always busy across the Williamstown electorate, but there are a few things that have been true stand-outs over the past couple of weeks.

It was an honour to present this year’s vocational award certificates to teachers and support staff, nominated by the leadership teams at Hobsons Bay secondary schools, at the Altona Rotary Club’s Excellence in Education Awards night. Congratulations to everyone who reached this massive milestone. Our teachers deserve recognition for the work they do to better the lives of their students and improve the future of our community. Thank you to the Altona City Rotary Club for hosting a wonderful evening.

The other thing is diversity and accessibility are important parts of our community, and the Liston Tennis Club in Williamstown is doing its best to provide this for local players. When visiting the club recently I checked out a competition for people with vision impairment, and I was able to meet Tess and Brandon. Tess has already represented Australia in international competitions, and she and Brandon are about to head off overseas to again represent Australia in international competition. Good luck to them both.

Finally, on Monday night I popped into the Hobsons Bay SES unit, who have been incredibly busy, to celebrate the arrival of their new volunteer emergency services equipment program truck. The new truck came just in time, helping them respond to over 30 requests over the last couple of weeks, so well done to them all.