Thursday, 15 May 2025

Simon Lund

Harriet SHING (Eastern Victoria – Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop, Minister for Housing and Building, Minister for Development Victoria and Precincts) (09:43): I want to pay tribute to an exceptional man, a man who made a profound and lasting difference to his community and to the lives and property of the people for whom he turned out time and time again. Simon Lund worked for decades within fire services and frontline response. He was so well known and respected, admired and loved across Gippsland, and when he was diagnosed with terminal oesophageal cancer his community rallied around him, because they loved him and they honoured him and they wanted to respect him. Simon, rather than taking the time that he had to be with his beautiful family, including his wife Tracie, stayed and fought until the very end to make sure that people in positions within the CFA could have access to support, to services and to programs to recognise the harm that they put themselves in, as well as making sure he could continue to contribute to the CFA family and to his brigade, Traralgon West, as well as the work within group officer and district planning committee chair positions. Simon was a proud member of the ASU and the fire and emergency services subgroup. He was a delegate. He was a secretary. He was the president of the Morwell branch. He is so loved. He will be so missed, and the legacy he has created will go on for many, many decades to come. Vale, Simon Lund.