Thursday, 4 August 2022

Western Metropolitan Region

Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:52): (1899) My question is to the Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers in the other place, and it is from Peter in Deer Park. The seniors card was a Victorian state government initiative. Why can’t seniors who hold the card have free access to state government venues like they once did, such as Scienceworks or the Werribee Open Range Zoo? Until recently the museums offered free entry to holders of this card. This has now changed, and the museums no longer offer free entry but a concessional fee. The reason given was that the board decided that because other states do not give free entry to museums for holders of seniors cards, a reciprocal deal cannot be offered here as it would result in thousands of dollars of lost revenue. As a result, Peter from Deer Park is now not able to go to the museum as he cannot afford it. He would obviously love to go to Scienceworks and the Werribee Open Range Zoo in the west.