Wednesday, 18 March 2026

 Cindy McLEISH (Eildon) (09:45): I want to acknowledge two exceptional young people in Yea who saved the life of a person who had suffered a heart attack: Brittany Mitchell and Corey Bennett. Ron suffered a heart attack and family friend Brittany Mitchell called 000 and swung into action, administering CPR. Long story, but after maybe 16 or 20 minutes a defib arrived and 23-year-old Corey Bennett, a CFA volunteer and ambulance community officer, arrived too. Corey responded to the call on the GoodSAM app and was calm and in control using the defib. After 26 minutes Ron came through. Brittany said she was pumping good energy out and praised Corey for his work. The life was saved before the ambulance arrived; it came from Seymour not Yea, which ordinarily would have been the case. However, during the Longwood fires, ambulance officers in the Murrindindi shire were directed away from the shire to work out of Mitchell.