Wednesday, 18 March 2026

 Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (13:04): (2246) My constituency question is to the Minister for Housing and Building, and it relates to the need for crisis accommodation in the outer suburbs in my electorate. There is currently a proposal to build a crisis accommodation facility for women in the City of Hume, thanks in part to a generous donation of land by private sector philanthropist Jamie Gray. There is no established women’s crisis shelter in the City of Hume, which is home to more than 270,000 people, and so it is a welcome project being supported by the Greenvale Residents Association as well as Hume City Council. With the support of the community, council and the private sector, the gap remaining is from your government, with council highlighting in particular a lack of state funding for staffing. Will the minister act to provide the necessary state funding so that this much-needed facility can proceed? I would note that this may be for the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, but there are a lot of administrative orders that are quite complicated.

Sitting suspended 1:05 pm until 2:06 pm.