Thursday, 4 May 2023

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:43): (148) My question is for the Minister for Energy and Resources, and I ask: how many applications for the power saving bonus have been made in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region since the scheme opened on 24 March? This fantastic cost-of-living benefit has been overwhelmingly positively received throughout the South-Eastern Metro Region, including in the areas of Berwick and Rowville. I, along with my colleague Mr Tarlamis, have been assisting constituents in our area to apply for it. Last week we held mobile offices in High Street, Berwick; at the Orana Community Place in Clyde North; and at the Wellington Village shopping centre in Rowville, where my constituents sat and chatted with me, Mr Tarlamis and our team as well as, in the case of Rowville, our fantastic new federal member for Aston Mary Doyle. I am very thankful to the Andrews Labor government for creating such an important initiative that is helping Victorians with the cost of living, and I would like to know how many people in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region have benefited to date.