Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Responses

Colin BROOKS (Bundoora – Minister for Development Victoria, Minister for Precincts, Minister for Creative Industries) (19:20): I have to apologise on behalf of the chamber. The Liberal Party has forgotten to show up. They have run out of adjournment items, so they obviously do not feel that there are too many issues of a pressing nature in Victoria for them to raise. Maybe they have gone home, I am not sure, but it is strange. I do not think in my time in this place I have seen two adjournments missed on the same night. It is an extraordinary thing for people –

Members interjecting.

Colin BROOKS: One adjournment missed. We just have the two members of the opposition in the chamber, who obviously do care about issues in their electorate, but of course maybe others do not. It is an extraordinary thing, I think, to see, the fact that the Liberal Party has just not bothered to show up to this adjournment tonight. The member for Polwarth, though, did raise a matter for the Minister for Agriculture to visit Polwarth and meet key dairy industry representatives regarding the impact of the drought in that area, and I will make sure that the matter is passed on to the minister. The member for Narre Warren South raised a matter for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the status of the Lyndhurst Secondary College upgrade, which will of course support students and families in his electorate. The member for Gippsland South raised a matter for the Minister for Planning to provide clarity on where homes will be able to be built when they are affected by potential future sea level rises. He mentioned a particular planning scheme amendment – VC171, I think it was ‍– and I will make sure that matter is passed on.

The member for Glen Waverley raised a matter for the Minister for Education. He asked that the minister visit Livingstone Primary School in Vermont South to talk about the important Inclusive Schools funding that that school has received. That is a great program that is providing so much benefit for schools right around the state and particularly for kids with additional needs. I had a slot here for a Liberal Party member, but they did not turn up. The member for Hastings raised a matter for the Minister for Treaty and First Peoples to visit Willum Warrain in his electorate in Hastings. He gave a shout-out to I think it was Kayla Page, the work experience student who drafted that adjournment item for the member. I think I will get that student in to draft my speeches as well. That was really well written. The member for Melbourne raised a matter for the Minister for Education to visit Docklands Primary School in the member’s electorate.

The member for Bayswater raised a matter for the Minister for Education to provide an update on Bayswater South Primary School and the construction of the important upgrade works that are going on at that particular school. The member for Evelyn jumped in up the front and raised a matter for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to provide a detailed project timeline for the completion of the Montrose intersection upgrade. The member for Bass raised a matter for the Minister for Consumer Affairs to provide an update on how potential reforms to residential villages will benefit her constituents, and I am sure that her constituents will want that matter responded to by the minister. The member for Lara jumped up because the Liberal Party did not show up and raised a matter for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and asked for an update on the Six Ways intersection upgrade in Lara. I thank the member for raising that matter. I will make sure it is passed on.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The house stands adjourned until tomorrow morning.

House adjourned 7:24 pm.