Wednesday, 29 October 2025

 Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (10:02): Talking of Landcare, I was absolutely honoured to join the South Gippsland Landcare Network event at Fleet Wines on Sunday. We had the shed; it was absolutely packed. It was a great atmosphere. It poured rain, but we had a super event inside, which was launching their book, Our Quiet Achievers, which is about the 16 dedicated Landcare and ‘friends of’ groups across South Gippsland. They have been dedicated for decades, working on their farms and on public land spaces, contributing to their local environment. This book celebrates them. One of the reasons I started Parliamentary Friends of Landcare with my colleagues in here was so that – (Time expired)