Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:08): (1592) My constituency question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport. Minister, last week, on 20 May, there was a huge rally on the steps of this place in protest against the emergency services tax. Many constituents have contacted me as they were seeking to attend via the V/Line services on the Ballarat line. Many were unable to attend because of signal faults at Bacchus Marsh. One of the speakers at the rally even had to take an Uber from Bacchus Marsh. I have also heard reports that there were signal faults on other lines at the same time. My question to the minister is: will you launch an investigation into these seemingly simultaneous disruptions to the transport system, or will you continue to ignore country Victorians?