Thursday, 4 June 2026

 Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (10:49): I rise to give my condolences for the tragedy that occurred earlier this week, where three-year-old Jordan Dashwood was tragically killed in a devastating house fire in Werribee. His father suffered serious injuries while attempting to save him, and obviously his family now face unimaginable grief. Much has been said about the emergency services and the fire services that attended that fire and whether or not they had what they needed. I mostly, having spoken to a few of those fighters from the CFA and from the FRV, would like again to thank them for being those people that run into houses to save our children and just to acknowledge the fact that it was so difficult for them in a roaring fire, which looked to be caused by one of those EV batteries, which you can do nothing but watch. How traumatic that must have been for them – some of them are parents – to have to wait knowing that there is a child inside. Thank you again to all of our emergency services for everything that they do.