Thursday, 4 December 2025

 Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (12:40): (2056) My question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport in the other place. Minister, how will the Metro Tunnel help my constituents in eastern Victoria? We are connecting country Victorians to the city and the city to the country. We have invested in regional rail through V/Line, through station upgrades, through signalling, through new trains and through cheaper fares, and it is so good that eastern Victorians can connect to all the city has to offer and metropolitan Melburnians can get out into the regions and into country Victoria with everything it has to offer. It was fantastic to join the minister, the Premier and tens of thousands of Victorians on the first passenger train through the Metro Tunnel on the weekend. It was an absolute delight. Whether it is the line coming in from Gippsland or from Pakenham or whether it is freeing up the Frankston line through the loop for people on the peninsula, it is just so great that all Victorians can benefit from the freeing up of our network and the biggest investment in public transport in 40 years.