Friday, 14 November 2025

 Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:45): My constituency question is for the attention of the Minister for Community Sport. I have been contacted by a local allied health practice in Camberwell about a state government promotion for the Get Active Victoria program. The New Skill November campaign includes a photo of two people riding a tandem bike. Neither of them is wearing a helmet, and one of them has both hands raised in the air. The psychology and counselling practice who contacted me are appalled by this and said:

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We work with people suffering traumatic brain injuries, TBIs, including those with TBI post bicycle crashes, and see the life-changing results. Other government departments such as Victoria Police are advocating for bicycle safety, and the Transport Accident Commission are spending millions of dollars on rehabilitation of catastrophic injuries, including injuries from bicycle incidents.

It beggars belief how this ad has occurred, wasting taxpayers money. Minister, will you remove the reckless image from all promotional material immediately, including the Get Active Victoria website and social media?