Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (14:46): (1466) My last constituency question for the year is for the Minister for the State Electricity Commission, and the question is: how many of the promised 59,000 renewable energy skilled tradespeople jobs have been created and based in the Latrobe Valley? The government promised that bringing back the SEC would create 59,000 renewable energy jobs as part of the Victorian renewable energy transition. With the Yallourn power station set to close down in mid 2028, representing thousands of jobs, there has been no investment by the SEC in the Latrobe Valley despite it being the epicentre of energy generation. Locals fear these jobs will not happen here. Minister, the workers in the Latrobe Valley look forward to hearing how many of these promised 59,000 renewable energy skilled tradespeople jobs have actually been created and based in the Latrobe Valley.