Tuesday, 14 October 2025


Constituency questions

Western Victoria Region


Joe McCRACKEN

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Western Victoria Region

 Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:05): My constituency question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. I was at a community drive and rally in Maryborough on Saturday where hundreds of locals attended. The message was clear: locals want to keep their VicRoads. After the Victorian government sold off half of VicRoads in recent years, the future of VicRoads in Maryborough has been unclear. It is so bad that VicRoads are even asking the Central Goldfields shire to pick up the tab. It is called VicRoads; it should be funded by the Victorian government. It is a core service of government. We all know Victoria is broke, so services are being cut in regional Victoria. If VicRoads closes in Maryborough, locals will have to drive over an hour to Bendigo or Ballarat just to access simple services like getting a photo. This is totally unacceptable. So my question to the minister is: will you fund VicRoads in Maryborough or will you continue to ignore the local community?