Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Western Metropolitan Region

Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (13:04): (422) My question is for the Minister for Police. Will he honour the previous minister’s pledge to fund Police Veterans Victoria? Police put their lives on the line every day for their fellow Victorians. Unfortunately, after leaving the force some do need mental health support. My fellow police veterans in my electorate benefit greatly from the work done by Police Veterans Victoria, the PVV. To keep things running the PVV relies on donations from the public. In May 2022 the police minister at the time Lisa Neville announced in front of 400 guests at a PVV corporate lunch that the government would provide funding. Unfortunately, she retired from politics a few weeks after. Will the minister under the new government honour the funding commitment made, or shall we expect the new Allan government to start going back on ministers’ promises as well?