Thank you Speaker, it’s my pleasure to rise today in support of the Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Bill 2023.

This legislation is not just about policies or practices. It is about values.

The values that drive us to prioritise our environment, our communities, and the sustainable future of Victoria.

Because it’s easy to talk about climate action – but it’s quite another to do the work to get on with the real policy and legislation that will make a tangible difference.

I rise to congratulate the mega success of the biggest and best party a tram line has ever thrown, the mighty Eighty-Six music festival.

My adjournment is to the Minister for Children, and I ask the minister to join me in my electorate of Northcote to see and experience the bush kinder program run by Alfred Nuttall Memorial Kindergarten in the Darebin Parklands.

 I am delighted to rise today to speak on this matter of public importance (MPI), which is all about our littlest Victorians – and rightly so, because though our youngest Victorians may not have the voting rights which elect us as members of this Parliament, it is nevertheless the decisions that are made here which will impact on them and their opportunities into the future.

My question is to the Minister for Housing, and I ask: how will the reforms in the Victorian Housing Statement ease housing pressure in the electorate of Northcote?

My question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport and I ask how is the Allan Labor Government working to deliver better and safer public and active transport options in my electorate of Northcote?

Trams, trains, buses, cycling and walking are central to our way of life in the inner north.

Right now the ballot boxes are open for Australians to cast their votes in the Voice referendum. It will be the first time many Australians have voted in a referendum.

It is with a sense of vexation that I rise to speak in support of this bill to ban the Nazi salute in Victoria – vexation because in our modern multicultural state, a state which prides itself on equality and respect, it is nevertheless apparent that we are again having to strengthen our laws simply to ensure Victorians can live free of bigotry, hate and violence.

My constituency question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, and I ask: what is the process for determining the future of the Fulham Grange spur in Alphington?

My adjournment is to the Minister for Energy and Resources, and the action I seek is that the minister arrange a briefing for me with Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) to discuss the current regulations for electrical line clearance.

My question is to the Minister for Education. I ask the minister what the Victorian Autism Education Strategy means for students and families in my electorate of Northcote. Across my community I have spoken to parents, carers and students about how our education system supports students with autism and indeed all forms of neurodivergence.

It gives me great pleasure to rise in support of the government business program today. Once again we have got an incredibly important piece of legislation coming up for debate, which speaks to the real and rapid transition our state is making to deliver a clean energy future.

My adjournment is to the Minister for Planning, and I warmly ask the minister to join me in the Northcote electorate to speak with members of my community about some of the planning challenges we are facing in the inner north. Northcote, like so many other parts of Melbourne, is grappling with the housing crisis, and there are many planning matters that are of immediate and paramount importance to us.

Thank you to all of the previous speakers in this debate so far, although I do think that the win for best performance goes to the member for Richmond. I mean, seriously, we have all had the opportunity to witness her confected outrage before in this chamber, but I think she may have taken it to a new whole level today. Unfortunately, though, theatrics do not build the safe and secure homes that Victorians desperately need right now, and neither do simplistic tweets and neither do catchy slogans, the other weapons in the Greens arsenal, yet we have seen them plastered all around our inner-city suburbs and on fancy cupcakes paraded by the member for Richmond

It is the first sitting week after the winter break, and I hope everyone is feeling rejuvenated. I am very pleased to be speaking in support of the government business program. The program of course includes two very significant bills – bills that once again demonstrate to the people of Victoria that Labor is just getting on with the job.

My adjournment is to the Minister for Health, and the action that I seek is that the minister work with me to deliver Northcote’s early parenting centre as soon as possible. Ever since I was first elected to represent Northcote I have pushed for more services for infants, parents and families in the inner north because, as we know, parenting is tough. Through all the joy and new beginnings that newborns bring, this period for parents can also be isolating and overwhelming. As a mother to two little ones myself, one in kinder and one in prep, I have had countless conversations with parents in my community.

I rise to speak in support of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Authorising Pharmacists) Bill 2023, a bill that gives effect to our commitment to delivering a community pharmacy statewide pilot and a bill that will make health care more accessible and affordable for Victorians when they need it most and close to home.

I rise to update my community on a local issue that has caused deep concern and distress, and that is the fate of the innovation precinct at Wingrove Street in Alphington. After months of uncertainty we now know Alphington Farmers Market will live to fight another day – Darebin council has offered them a new lease.

I rise to speak in support of Labor’s state budget, a budget that looks after people, looks after our future and does what we said we would do. Outlined in these appropriation bills is our plan to grow jobs, to strengthen our economy and to deliver the services, supports and projects that matter to Victorians.

I would like to ask the Treasurer: what measures are in the state budget to alleviate cost-of-living pressures on households in the Northcote electorate?