Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Constituency questions

Eastern Victoria Region

Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (12:58): (623) I love Landcare. It is always great to get out with our local Landcare groups – they are doing incredible work. I recently joined the Landcare group at Balcombe estuary and saw the incredible work that they are doing to restore the local place and maintain it. Ninety-five volunteers, 450 members – they are much like the tens of thousands of volunteers and members right across Victoria that are doing this incredible work. They are learning together, they are connecting together as a community and they are ensuring that our agricultural land is productive, that we have got the best weed management, that our waterways are well maintained and that we have beautiful spaces to come to together and enjoy together. My question for the Minister for Environment in the other place is: how is the Victorian government supporting the amazing work of local Landcare groups right across Eastern Victoria?