Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Country Fire Authority Keysborough brigade

Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (13:48): It is great to rise and acknowledge the outstanding work of Keysborough CFA, who were able to meet just recently with the Minister for Emergency Services, who hits the ground running and is an outstanding representative of the government. To see the time that was spent there, the support that was provided and recognition of the significant work that they have done over this fire season was outstanding. Keysborough CFA is one of the most diverse and inclusive brigades that we have in Victoria. There was farmland donated decades ago by the Brewer family when Keysborough South was not even thought of or conceived. It was farmland and paddocks, but it has become an absolutely amazing suburban/metropolitan community with so much on the go.

It was this Allan Labor government that committed $500,000 towards planning money to upgrade facilities there, because we want to make sure that the first-class dedication of our emergency services volunteers is matched with the first-class facilities that are so important to the work and service that they do each and every day. Stewart Matulis, who is an absolute superstar captain out at Keysborough, and the Keysborough CFA family do an extraordinary job. Their service delivery standards are outstanding, and we hear about their ambitions and their connection with community – we see that at the Keysborough market, we see that at schools and kinders that they visit. Every single time there is a fire or an emergency situation that they are deployed to, they are there in a heartbeat. We give them a big shout-out – lots of love for Keysborough CFA and their future ambitions.