Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Suburban Rail Loop

John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (13:47): I have four matters for today, and that is because, thanks to Minister Shing, I visited the site of four brand new locations we are building as part of the Suburban Rail Loop. I started off at Burwood with the hardworking member for Ashwood and my friend in the other place Matt Fregon MP and Ms Terpstra, where we toured the works that are well underway. It was great to get an understanding of the works that are coming up in 2025, get a feel for what we are doing and see how it will benefit our local communities. Second, I headed off to Monash, where I was joined by Mr Batchelor to see how we are supporting thousands of local jobs in our community. Third, in Clayton Mr Galea and I learned how the SRL will take thousands of cars off our roads every day and how it will enhance access to our world-leading hospitals. This will be a game changer for locals, university students and staff for generations to come. Finally, I toured the Cheltenham site. The SRL East will deliver 26 kilometres of twin tunnels and six brand new underground stations. This project is going to connect my community, our universities and our business hubs like never before. Only Labor gets stuff done, unlike the Liberals, who want to scrap this project and put people out of work.