Tuesday, 10 September 2019

 Mr MEDDICK (Western Victoria) (13:02): My constituency question today is for the Premier, the Honourable Daniel Andrews, and is raised on behalf of and with the permission of Uncle Rob, elder of the Peek Woorroong people of the Eastern Maar. Some months ago I delivered at Uncle Rob’s request a message stick to the Premier and an invitation to join with him and other elders on country to discuss their wish that racehorse training be banned from Levys beach, Hoon Hill and other sensitive and sacred areas. This invitation required the Premier to meet with them and to bring the message stick with him by 31 July. I understand that the Premier has many demands on his time, but given that this date has long passed, will the Premier make arrangements to honour both the message stick and the invitation—an invitation Uncle Rob tells me has never before been accorded to a non-Indigenous leader in Victoria’s history?