Murray Plains electorate
Peter WALSH (Murray Plains) (14:52): (282) My constituency question is to the Minister for Public Transport, and it concerns an elderly couple in Swan Hill. The husband has severe Parkinson’s disease, and they have to come to Melbourne for regular health appointments. Because there is no disability toilet on the long-haul train from Swan Hill, they are forced to drive to Bendigo and then catch the train to Melbourne, and they are finding even the drive to Bendigo a challenge now. I ask the minister what information may be available about whether there will be a disability toilet provided on the long-haul train to Swan Hill in the future, because no doubt this couple are not the only people who have that requirement on the train.