Video on demand
David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (17:49): (1080) My adjournment matter today is for the attention of the Leader of the Government. It has been just over a year since I raised the matter of a public broadcast replay service. Here in Victoria we are currently lagging behind the federal Parliament, the ACT, Tasmania and Queensland, which all have a publicly accessible replay service to make the proceedings of those houses more accessible to the public. This change was recommended for our Parliament in September 2017. In the modern age this is a very reasonable thing for members of the Victorian public to expect Parliament to provide. Whilst the record of debates is publicly available – and I commend the staff here on the updates to Hansard – I think some of the changes read well, especially for recent debates. The Attorney-General’s response when I last raised this matter suggested that the government is very receptive to this idea. I am not sure if any work has progressed on this and would be happy to hear an update, but my request this evening is the same as my request last year: for the Leader of the Government to adopt the second recommendation of the 2017 Procedure Committee report on video on demand and work to establish a parliamentary video on demand service for the general public.
The PRESIDENT: Mr Limbrick, it is more of a Parliament administration issue. You have got it on the public record, so we will take note of it from this side.