Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Gippsland East electorate

Tim BULL (Gippsland East) (14:36): (382) My constituency question is to the Premier. Last sitting week the Premier agreed to meeting with harvest and haulage forest contractors, and the information I am seeking on behalf of my constituents is when this meeting will occur. I know a request has been sent to the Premier, and it is very important that this meeting is not fobbed off to the Minister for Agriculture and that the Premier is true to her word and meets with this cohort of people herself. The clock is certainly ticking when it comes to the forest contractors having to make very important decisions about their own futures, with the timber industry concluding on 1 January. The information that I do seek from the Premier is when this meeting that she has committed to will indeed take place.