Eastern Victoria Region
Ms BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:23): (1823) My constituency question is to the Minister for Emergency Services. Friday marks the 12-month period from when floodwaters devastated the streets and homes of Traralgon. Many residents woke to floodwater actually in their homes. Once the responsibility for Emergency Management Victoria was under the Latrobe City Council, but the government now has responsibility for issuing those flood warnings and calling on people to be aware. Residents received their first notifications to evacuate their homes 4 hours after the floodwaters had peaked. The government had promised a flood review, which should have been presented months ago. The constituents want to know what is happening to improve this so that they will not be subject to these outrageous and dangerous occurrences again. What is the government doing to improve the emergency management service?