Bulleen electorate
Mr GUY (Bulleen) (11:45): (1360) My constituency question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Noting that the North East Link proposal will devastate the Bulleen employment precinct, which will see the direct loss of more than 1000 jobs, which is larger than the closure of Hazelwood or indeed Ford here in Victoria, I am seeking the Minister for Transport Infrastructure to meet with the employer group who represents those workers who will lose their jobs at the end of this project. I note that it has been reported that a Labor upper house member said when the group requested to meet with the Premier or the minister, ‘Why would they want to meet him? He’ll only make them more anxious should he meet them’. She said that to the Council. Well, I think these people deserve to have direct contact with the minister and with the government. One thousand jobs are possibly under threat and, more to the point, while those who own factories will be paid out, the workers who will simply be paid out their entitlements will lose their jobs at the closure of these plants. They will not receive any compensation from the government. I again state that the loss of jobs here will be larger than with the closure at Hazelwood.