South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:58): (474) My constituency question today is for the Minister for Environment Minister Dimopoulos. Minister, what support is being provided for community organisations in the Rowville and the Berwick areas for conserving and restoring the natural landscape and towards programs to involve and educate young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment? I understand that $4.4 million of grant funding has already been awarded through the 2023 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity grants alongside the 2023 Victorian Landcare grants. This funding supports volunteer organisations and their local communities as they safeguard and restore the local environment. The Junior Landcare and biodiversity grants help schools such as Park Ridge Primary School in Rowville, through their Indigenous revegetation garden program, to instil in the youngest generation an appreciation of, an interest in and a concern for our environment.