Western Victoria Region
Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (12:50): (58) My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Regarding my question, I understand that the regional development minister took the lead on this particular project that I am going to talk about, but if the arrangements have changed then I am happy to stand corrected on that as well. In 2015 and 2017 the government undertook to eliminate black spots on regional train lines under the $18 million regional rail connectivity project. A quote from the Minister for Regional Development at that point in time in 2017, Ms Pulford, is:
I know how frustrating it is when you can’t get signal from the train and you have work or homework to do, want to send a message to a loved one or check the footy score. That’s why we’re getting this fixed.
It is now 2023, and many constituents of mine who travel on the Geelong and the Ballarat rail lines have patchy mobile reception. My question is: when can we expect these black spots to be fixed?