Burwood electorate
Mr FOWLES (Burwood) (12:50): (1860) My question is for the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. I have been contacted by a large number of Burwood constituents who are gravely concerned about all of our native wildlife given this horrific summer of bushfires. Whether it is wombats or wallabies, dingoes or ducks, there is a heightened sense of urgency and alarm about the welfare of our valued native species. Whilst I have been pleased to convey to them details of the $17.5 million wildlife rescue package to fund the first phase of recovery efforts, including feeding from the air and wildlife triage units on the ground, my constituents are keen to understand the longer term impacts of climate change on these precious animals. Minister, what is being done by the Andrews government to preserve our native wildlife population to give them the best possible chance of survival in the face of continued harsh conditions as a result of climate change?