It is with pleasure that I rise to speak in support of the Disability Amendment Bill 2022. As my colleagues have noted, this bill delivers on Labor’s commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of over 1 million people with disability who call Victoria home.

Together we have achieved so much. We have delivered upgrades and improvements at every local school, modernised our transport networks, opened new public health services and built critical social housing.

Born out of necessity in a time of crisis, outdoor dining and parklets have been embraced by Melburnians, including in my electorate of Northcote

For almost four years I have pushed for an increase in services for infants, parents and families in the inner north.

The fight for equality and safety is ongoing, and we will not stop raising our voices and making noise about it.

My adjournment is to the Minister for Education, and I ask that the minister join me for a visit to one of my wonderful local schools, Thornbury Primary.

There is nothing more fundamental than the safety, security and dignity of a home.

The Andrews Labor government is working hard every day to ease cost-of-living pressures and help hardworking families to get ahead.

My adjournment is to the Minister for Energy and Minister for Environment and Climate Action, and I ask the minister to provide me with a briefing on our efforts to protect the Yarra riverfront at the site of the old Alphington paper mill.

It is with great pleasure that I rise to lead the debate for the government in support of the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment Bill 2022, a bill which makes important changes to strengthen Labor’s highly successful and ambitious Victorian energy upgrades program.

I consider it an honour to contribute to the debate on this significant bill, a bill which represents real transformational change in its own right but also represents a process of truth, investment and reform which will improve the lives of countless Victorians.

Recently I was immensely proud to welcome the Premier to the electorate of Northcote, where we announced a once-in-a-generation reform to Victoria’s kinder and childcare system.

I know that as I rise today to speak in support of the Victorian Treaty Authority and Other Treaty Elements Bill 2022 my wonderful, diverse community stand with me.

My question is to the Minister for Local Government. What is the latest information on the work of the local government culture project?

The boom gates at Bell Street are gone, along with three more at Cramer Street, Murray Road and Oakover Road.

My adjournment is to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. The action I seek is a review of the Victorian energy upgrades (VEU) program to better incentivise an uptake of electric systems and new technologies to support more Victorians to make the choice to reduce their gas usage.

I would like to begin my contribution today with a story. It is a true story, a story about my father-in-law. His name was Joel Margolis, and he was born in 1920 in Białystok, Poland. Joel was 19 years old when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. He was living in Warsaw with his mother, Anja, father, Myrim, and younger brother, George.

We are truly living in the Education State, and my electorate of Northcote is at the very centre of it. Across our suburbs we have now secured over $80 million for upgrades and improvements at every single local school.

My question is to the Minister for Women, and I ask: what does the 2022 state Labor budget deliver for the women of Northcote?

Here in Victoria we have a different approach. Labor is working to give our young people opportunity, stability, equality and hope. With huge reforms in youth mental health, more social and affordable housing, better protections for renters and real action on climate change, we are changing the future for our young Victorians.