This is a critically important bill which improves the legal avenues available to survivors of historical child abuse in my community of Ballarat, across the Ballarat diocese and the whole of Victoria.

My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. What are the benefits to my community of pill testing at Spilt Milk?

I want to wish my community and everyone here at Parliament a very happy and joyful Christmas.

My adjournment matter is directed to the Minister for Housing Ms Shing in the other place. The action I seek is for the minister to visit my electorate of Wendouree to see the progress of the Delacombe estate revitalisation project, part of the Allan Labor government’s landmark Big Housing Build.

I am delighted to contribute on today’s committee reports to provide a report on the Legislative Assembly’s Environment and Planning Committee inquiry into the supply of homes in regional Victoria.

Following the murders of Rebecca Young, Samantha Murphy and Hannah McGuire, the Ballarat community made it very clear that we want to stop violence against women and girls before it starts. That is why Respect Ballarat is so important.

I proudly stand alongside my Labor parliamentary colleagues in supporting the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025 in this place today on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people.

I thank the Member for Wendouree for her strong commitment to and advocacy on behalf of children and families in the Wendouree electorate.

I am really pleased, as chair of the Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee, to talk through what we recommended and how the government has responded.

Wendy was a good person in the truest of senses. She cared deeply for others and was always concerned about those who were down and out.

Sunshine is a key train station stop for us, and we are very excited about the upgrades and the transformation that is happening at Sunshine. Minister, what will the Sunshine superhub project deliver for the Ballarat community?

My question is for the Minister for Children and is about free kinder in my electorate of Wendouree. How many children and their families are benefiting from Victoria’s free kinder program across the Ballarat local government area?

I thank the Member for Wendouree for her question. I understand your concerns about improving bus services in Ballarat.

I thank the Member for Wendouree for her Constituency Question about the delivery of the new Youth Prevention and Recovery Centre (YPARC) in Ballarat for the Grampians region.

I thank the Member for Wendouree for her question and her commitment to supporting families and children in her electorate.

I thank the Member for Wendouree for her question about the new $100 Power Saving Bonus.

I would like to thank the Member for Wendouree for her question and for her support of the 10,000 Gigs: Victoria Gig Fund.

Together these improvements will ensure processes within our justice system can function as intended and that safety is prioritised in our prisons and, importantly, in our communities.