Tuesday, 28 October 2025

 Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (13:31): Last week the highly anticipated West of Melbourne Economic Development Alliance summit was held in Werribee Park near Werribee in my electorate. The summit was a fantastic event organised by hardworking executive officer Lesley Rogan and her team and chaired by Professor Peter Dawkins AO. The summit brought together industry leaders, representatives of councils, think tanks, university bodies and educators, department staff, federal and state parliamentarians, former premiers and some of our parliamentary colleagues in this place. It was great to have the federal leader the Honourable Sussan Ley and the state leader Brad Battin, in the next house, also address the summit and outline their vision for the whole wonderful western suburbs. It was a privilege to be on a panel with Cr Phillip Zada, LeadWest chair; Cr Mia Shaw, the mayor of Wyndham City Council; and of course my colleague in the other place Ms Horne. I appreciated the opportunity to outline our priorities for the west for better roads, infrastructure, service and communities but also outline the plan to get business thriving in the west. Once again, I thank all involved so much for the opportunity and for making the summit such a success and a voice for the west.