Garfield tree planting
Harriet SHING (Eastern Victoria – Minister for Water, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Equality) (09:48): I want to talk today about the thousands of trees that have been planted across a really important biolink in Garfield. It was a joy to join so many people over the course of the latest community tree-planting day on the weekend. Cardinia Shire Council’s deputy mayor Jack Kowarzik was there along with the Bunyip Landcare Group, the Westernport Swamp Landcare Group representatives, Intrepid Landcare and Western Port Catchment Landcare Network, as well as Windana and Bessie Creek and Labertouche groups and others. To see the work that is being done and helping to plant a few of the plants myself and to get in some of the Melaleuca ericifolia was a joy. We are seeing long-term multiyear work, and I want to congratulate everybody, in particular Pam and Gerry and all of the volunteers, for making this happen, alongside the magnificent Sikh Volunteers and the Rotary Club of Drouin, who put on the barbecue.