The response of local government across my electorate to respond to the myriad of stresses and needs of their residents has been dynamic and with a huge heart. They have pivoted to the needs of their residents, ramped up services, created new service where there were gaps, providing financial and emotional support. This will need to continue through the response and recovery phases and I thank them for their diligence and commitment.
My matter is for the Minister for Corrections. It relates to the the dramatic fall in the amount of contraband that has been entering the State’s prisons during the Covid-19 lockdown period.
My question is to the Minister for Police. It relates to the Premier’s comment, at his media conference on 13 September, that there will now be greater enforcement of the so-called COVID ‘ring of steel’ administered by Victoria Police to confine movement out of Melbourne only to essential travel.
Kiewa Valley Kindergarten was offered a lifeline last week, with the news that the Government has now guaranteed their funding for Terms Two and Three.
