Adjournment
Gayle TIERNEY (Western Victoria – Minister for Skills and TAFE, Minister for Water) (18:21): I move:
That the house do now adjourn.
Food relief programs
Jacinta ERMACORA (Western Victoria) (18:21): (1663) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Carers and Volunteers, Ros Spence, and the action I seek is an update on the Allan Labor government’s support for food shares across the state. Western District Food Share, based in Warrnambool, now has 100 volunteers who help to distribute emergency food out to over 70,000 people each year across south-west Victoria through emergency food programs. It was fantastic to see the Victorian budget 2025–26 doubling key support for food relief in regional communities, with $6 million for food shares in Warrnambool, Geelong, Bendigo, Shepparton, Mildura and Albury-Wodonga. I look forward to the minister’s update.