Buchan Caves Reserve
Tim BULL (Gippsland East) (09:41): Buchan was hit by flash flooding on Boxing Day, an event which sadly claimed two lives. It also closed the town’s major tourist attraction, the Buchan Caves Reserve. Given we are presently more than four years on from the 2019–20 fires and still much of the parks infrastructure after those fires has not been rebuilt due to bureaucratic dithering, I ask the minister to commit to having the caves reserve open for this summer. It is important for our entire region. Small businesses in that town also suffered enormous impacts, and I request that financial supports be put in place to get them through the upcoming period.