Eastern Victoria Region
Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:54): (376) My question is for the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline what new jobs will be made available for timber and power industry workers that will lose their jobs due to the Labor government’s decision? Two weeks ago the Herald Sun reported that since coming into office in 2014 more than 30 former Labor MPs and ministers have been hand-picked to sit on taxpayer-funded boards with enormous salaries. This does not include the many ex-Labor staffers and factional players with similar roles. Meanwhile, Labor’s war on regional jobs will destroy nearly 5000 jobs in the eastern region with the closure of the native timber industry and the closure of the power industry. Will workers in my electorate continue to have their jobs taken away? While that happens, this Labor government just keeps looking after their buddies and neglecting the Eastern Victoria Region. This must change.