Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Ella GEORGE (Lara) (16:03): (1447) My question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. How will the government’s recent announcement of a new bus route connecting Lara train station and the Avalon Airport precinct benefit residents across the Lara electorate and the wider Geelong community? I am so proud to be delivering accessible and affordable public transport in Lara. This bus service will strengthen our local community by providing reliable public transport options. It will cater for those needing to access the airport for travel and also for the thousands of people working in the precinct. The announcement of this service is a win for the Lara community, who have been asking for public transport services to and from the airport for years now. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who added their voice to this campaign and signed my petition calling for the introduction of a new bus service to Avalon Airport, and I look forward to the minister’s response.

Roma Britnell: I have a point of order, Speaker, that I have outstanding questions: on the paramedic practitioner program, question 1366, asked of the Minister for Health in October; question 1334, on the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund, asked of the Minister for Emergency Services in October also; question 1327 about farmers being forced to go and look for an off-farm job, which I asked the Premier on 15 October – well overdue, again, like the other three; and finally, a question on the South West Local Learning and Employment Network, question 1279, which I asked the Premier way back in August. Could the Premier and the other ministers please respect the members of South-West Coast and answer these questions?

The SPEAKER: Order! When members raise points of order about unanswered questions, it is a requirement that they state who the question is to and the number of the question, without added commentary.

Annabelle Cleeland: On a point of order, Speaker, I also have several overdue questions. They are 2896, 2895, 2783, 2904, 2902, 2898, 2846 and 2897. All are several months overdue, and they touch housing and building, health infrastructure –

The SPEAKER: Order! Who are they to? The minister and the number.

Annabelle Cleeland: The Minister for Housing and Building, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Public and Active Transport, the Minister for Police, again the Minister for Housing and Building, the Minister for Disability, the Minister for Emergency Services and really critical is the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, several months overdue.

The SPEAKER: I would ask you to give your list to the Clerks, please.

Business interrupted under sessional orders.