Ellen SANDELL (Melbourne) (14:37): (1684) My question is to the Minister for Housing and Building. Minister, will the government pause demolition works in public housing towers while residents are still living in them? Right now families at 33 Alfred Street, North Melbourne, in my electorate are living with intense drilling for up to 4, 5 or even 6 hours a day. These families had to observe Eid, a sacred time for reflection, prayer and peace, in units that literally were shaking from drilling. The physical and physiological impact on residents is significant. As one constituent told me, parents report children crying hysterically out of fear and not able to sleep or rest at all. They say it is inhumane treatment. These are the same families that are already facing Labor’s plan to demolish and privatise their public housing homes. The replacement homes that have been offered are in horrible condition and fail basic standards, yet the drilling is forcing them to accept them. They have raised complaints many times, and the state Labor government is simply not listening to these residents. That is simply not good enough.