Wednesday, 19 March 2025

 Jordan CRUGNALE (Bass) (14:48): (1053) My question is to the Minister for Environment, and it relates to the recent coastal erosion mitigation funding for hotspot areas across the state, including the repair of Evans Inlet seawall in Tooradin. What emergency works are currently planned to protect the foreshore in Tooradin with the approaching Easter tides? I want to thank Marg Lenders, Ross Wilkie and all the members of the Tooradin Foreshore Committee of Management for the work they do, their advocacy and activism. They remain very concerned about the erosion of the bank between the fish-cleaning tables and the small beach, and with this and the upcoming Easter high tides they already have the funds and capacity to put sandbags in place with the help of the local SES and community groups. They also seek timing and clarification of whether the seawall works announced form part of the Casey Coastal Framework strategy, a larger piece of work which outlines substantial inundation and erosion risks for the Tooradin community now and into the future. I look forward to relaying this information.