Annabelle CLEELAND (Euroa) (10:10): I need to share the story of Peter and Lindsey. At 75 years old they lost their home and property in the Longwood bushfire in January. Everything they had built over a lifetime was destroyed, and like many in our community they made the really hard decision that they did not have the time, the energy or the patience to rebuild from scratch and found another home to try and move forward with some dignity. They reached out to the State Revenue Office and asked for something as reasonable as stamp duty exemption. After losing everything in a bushfire, they were rejected. They were told by the SRO to apply for a first home buyers grant – at 75 years old. This is the reality of support being offered by the Allan Labor government in regional Victoria right now. A couple who have worked their entire lives, paid their taxes and contributed to our community are being told that there is nothing for them. It is tone deaf, it is heartless and it is completely out of touch. The January bushfires are on track to be remembered as the moment Labor governments turned their backs on regional Victorians when we needed it most. Across our entire fire-affected region the response has failed to meet even the most basic precedents set in past disasters – no meaningful business support, no business concessional loans, no stamp duty relief for those affected and trying to start again, no rate relief and not even the postponement of the emergency services tax. Right now the only temporary housing offered is a caravan. To add insult to injury, even the mental health support that was announced did not service our region. The impact of these failures will be felt for generations.