South Eastern Metropolitan Region
Mr LIMBRICK (South Eastern Metropolitan) (12:12): (1727) My question is for the Minister for Emergency Services. My office was recently contacted by a constituent in my electorate who was concerned about air quality and how this was impacting their asthma. Interestingly, this was prior to a significant reduction in air quality due to fuel reduction burns happening in the Yarra Ranges but was still assumed to be due to the smoke. One of the concerns raised by the constituent was that there was no warning that would have allowed them to put their asthma plan into action. While many people might barely notice smoke at this distance from the burns, for severe asthma sufferers it can have a significant impact. My question for the minister is: will you look into whether it would be appropriate to expand the use of the VicEmergency app to give air quality warnings for South East Metro during fuel reduction burns in the Yarra Ranges and other areas?