Mildura electorate
Jade BENHAM (Mildura) (14:57): (462) My question is for the Minister for Emergency Services in the other place, and my question is: what has happened to the new Charlton CFA station? Recently the historic Charlton post office burnt down. The response from the Charlton CFA and surrounding CFA brigades, as well as from FRV in Bendigo, was excellent, and I would like to thank all of our firefighters. They should be congratulated and celebrated. However, the very visible activity of our firefighters and the exit of the new Charlton CFA tanker from Walsh Motors, where it is paying rent to live at the moment, raised a question within the community: where is the new Charlton CFA station? It was in the Charlton Community Plan in 2017, which states:
A alternative site at the former NCCC site has been secured.
The construction of a new station will not commence until at least the 2017/2018 financial year.
This community deserves and desperately need a fire station that can house all of their appliances, so we are asking: what has happened?