Thursday, 10 February 2022

 Mr BOURMAN (Eastern Victoria) (10:20): On Thursday, 3 February, I attended the state memorial for the police officers that were killed in the Eastern Freeway tragedy, being Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Josh Prestney and Constable Glen Humphris. It was very moving. These things are not fun, but it goes to prove that policing and other emergency services jobs are extremely dangerous. Losing four police officers in one go was just a tragedy that I had hoped I would never see, but unfortunately it came through. It was very moving. It affected a lot of people. It was very well attended, and I thank the government for putting it on.