Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Motions

Suburban Rail Loop

John PESUTTO (Hawthorn – Leader of the Opposition) (09:35): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier and the member for Melton for signing Victorians up to their $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving Melton of their fair share by breaking their promise to electrify the Melton line, meaning commuters spend more time on crowded platforms and slower trains and less time at home.

Leave refused.

Members interjecting.

The SPEAKER: Order! Members will be removed from the chamber. I will not tolerate this type of interjection so early in the morning – or at any time, actually.

Peter WALSH (Murray Plains) (09:35): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for signing Victorians up to $216 billion in costs for the Suburban Rail Loop, depriving the Bendigo health system of more funding for staff so that ambulances are not continually ramping and putting critical health care at risk.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (09:36): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier and the member for Point Cook for signing Victorians up to the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop and depriving Point Cook residents of a rail line that the booming population needs, forcing locals to spend more time in traffic and less time at home.

Leave refused.

David SOUTHWICK: I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier and the member for Greenvale for prioritising the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving the community of Greenvale of their fair share by refusing to properly fund stage 2 of Mickleham duplication, meaning locals will spend more time in traffic and less time at home.

Leave refused.

Cindy McLEISH (Eildon) (09:37): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for prioritising the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving communities in Yan Yean of $800,000 to build the much-needed multiuse courts at Hazel Glen College.

Leave refused.

Members interjecting.

The SPEAKER: The member for Tarneit can leave the chamber for an hour. The member for Frankston can leave the chamber for half an hour.

Members for Tarneit and Frankston withdrew from chamber.

Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (09:38): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier and the member for Eltham for prioritising the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving communities in Eltham and Nillumbik of a new local community hospital, which Labor promised but is refusing to deliver.

Leave refused.

Brad BATTIN (Berwick) (09:38): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for signing Victorians up to her $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop and depriving Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs of their fair share by refusing to build the Clyde railway station and rail extension promised but never delivered by Labor in 1999, 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Leave refused.

Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (09:39): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier and member for Monbulk for signing Victorians up to the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving the community of Monbulk electorate in the Dandenong Ranges of their fair share by failing to fund vital road safety upgrades for Mount Dandenong Tourist Road.

Leave refused.

Jade BENHAM (Mildura) (09:39): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for signing Victorians up to her $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop and depriving the Ripon community and the community of north-west Victoria of their fair share by not reinstating the Maryborough rail freight corridor and refusing to actually complete the Murray Basin rail project.

Leave refused.

Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (09:39): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for signing Victorians up to her $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving the San Remo Primary School community in Bass of their fair share by putting the school’s promised $5.3 million upgrade on the backburner, leaving kids without the facilities they deserve.

Leave refused.

Jess WILSON (Kew) (09:40): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier and the member for Niddrie for signing Victorians up to the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop, depriving the community of Niddrie of their fair share by delaying the Keilor East railway station, which would have connected 150,000 people to the metro network for the first time.

Leave refused.

Kim WELLS (Rowville) (09:40): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for signing Victorians up to her $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop and depriving the community of Sunbury of their fair share by failing to provide an accessible Sunbury train station that has elevators for wheelchair users.

Leave refused.

Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (09:41): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Premier for intending to spend $216 billion on a Suburban Rail Loop nobody wants, depriving Frankston and peninsula communities of their fair share by never supporting the Frankston–Baxter metro rail, causing the Albanese Labor government to scrap $225 million of Liberal-budgeted project funding.

Leave refused.