Committee for Gippsland
Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (11:07): Recently I met with Committee for Gippsland CEO Tony Cantwell to hear about the advocacy priorities in Gippsland they are working on for our communities. With Gippsland due to reach 346,000 people by 2036, we need a project delivered to support growth, jobs and opportunity. The Committee for Gippsland are working to leverage our greatest strengths – our agriculture and primary production sector and our highly skilled workforce – to ensure that we have the best opportunity to meet the challenges ahead. Gippsland produces more than $15 billion in gross regional product, including more than 1.9 billion litres of milk, annually. They know we need projects like the new West Gippsland Hospital delivered, upgraded intersections in Drouin and Warragul, better roads in Trafalgar and Yarragon for our heavy vehicles, and real jobs in West Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley – like in our timber sector, which is so vital but is now decimated. Thank you to the Committee for Gippsland and Tony for hosting my national colleagues and me. I look forward to continuing to work with Tony and his team.