Northern Victoria Region
Ms LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:53): (1653) My constituency question is for the Minister for Emergency Services. I have been advocating for funding for new stations at both the Yarrawonga and Currawa fire brigades for nearly two years. Inexplicably no funding has been forthcoming in that time despite these brigades being the two highest priorities for infrastructure replacement in district 22 because the current stations do not meet the needs or demands of a modern firefighting service. The Yarrawonga fire station has no change room facilities for volunteers and no disabled toilet and currently does not comply with standard occupational health and safety requirements. The Currawa station has no change facilities, no storage area and no meeting room. The brigade is also a breathing apparatus brigade but currently has no clean areas for the BA equipment. Will the minister give a commitment to allocate urgent funding to construct new fit-for-purpose fire stations for both the Yarrawonga and Currawa fire brigades?