Thursday, 18 June 2026


Constituency questions

Polwarth electorate


Richard RIORDAN

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Polwarth electorate

 Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:40): (1702) My question this afternoon is for the Minister for Emergency Services. The question I ask is: when will she fund and relocate the Darlington CFA shed? For two years now, Minister, the community of Darlington and the local CFA have been requesting the relocation of their shed. The shed has been provided free of charge for the last 50 years by a local landowner, who has given plenty of time for this government to fund its relocation from his land to some community land some 100 metres down the road. It is simply not good enough. The goodness and the kind-heartedness of the local landowner have been taken advantage of. The community, the Darlington CFA, the landowner and others in the region immediately really, really, really want your answer on when that shed will be moved, because without a Darlington CFA our western Victorian plains are at risk, the Darlington Mid-Western Speedway is at risk and the community itself will be at risk.