Tuesday, 18 November 2025

 Martha HAYLETT (Ripon) (14:59): (1407) My question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport. Minister, how can the Victorian government partner with VicTrack to restore old railway stations across Ripon for community use? There are several old railway stations across my electorate that communities want to see restored, in Talbot, Carisbrook, Dunolly and Buangor. Recently I caught up with members of Talbot Action Inc, who want to see the beautiful old railway station in their town restored for local artists, writers and community groups. We have seen this done beautifully elsewhere, in St Arnaud, Avoca, Inglewood, Creswick and Clunes, and we want to do more of it. VicTrack have dropped the ball on maintaining these heritage buildings, and communities want to see that change.