Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (22:41): (2242) My adjournment is for the Premier, and the action I seek is that the Premier reviews and adopts the Liberals and Nationals plan to secure Victoria’s future. After more than 11 years of Jacinta Allan and Labor – 11 years of debt and deficit and 11 years of scandal and corruption – Victoria is in dire need of a fresh start. Next year Victorians will make one of the most important decisions that they could possibly make: the formation of the next government. According to the Resolve Political Monitor, Jacinta Allan started off her premiership with a positive net rating of 15 and she is ending the year underwater at negative 17. Jess Wilson is well ahead of Allan as preferred Premier, and we have an 11-point lead on Labor’s primary vote and a 2-point lead on a two-party preferred basis.

While today’s polls may not be reflected on election day, I am hopeful that Victorians will rally behind our vision to restore pride in our state. We have four clear priorities: (1) strengthening our economy and easing cost-of-living pressures by repairing the budget, ending the war on gas, cutting at least five major taxes and reviewing stamp duty and land tax; (2) ending the crime crisis and keeping communities and families safe – we have already brought in the criminalising of coercive control, and we will be jailing sex offenders and implementing ‘break bail, face jail’ laws; (3) delivering a world-class health system for Victorians by cutting wait times, recruiting more frontline health workers and getting patients off elective surgery waitlists; (4) giving every Victorian the very best opportunity to own their own home by boosting supply and scrapping stamp duty on houses $1 million and below for first home buyers.

On my account we have already announced nearly 30 policies and put forward three private members bills. This year I made nearly 300 contributions in this chamber, moved several additional motions and participated in 10 or more committee meetings and seven inquiry hearings. Disgracefully the government continues to arrogantly refuse to implement our policies. They opposed our private members bills that were designed to properly ban machetes and face coverings and resisted the opportunity to create a permit system for protests and fix our working with children’s check regime in a timely manner. To top it all off, I am still waiting for responses to at least 18 questions and adjournments from the Premier, the Treasurer, the Attorney-General and a plethora of other ministers. Labor is not interested in good policy. Rather, they are interested in playing politics with people’s lives and livelihoods. But under the Liberals hope is on the way.