BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
General business, notices of motion 9 and 53 and orders of the day 5 to 6, will be removed from the notice paper unless members wishing their matter to remain advise the Clerk in writing before 5 pm today. Petitions Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Paynesville flotilla Tim BULL (Gippsland East) presented a petition bearing 3 signatures: Issue: This petition of residents in Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Assembly that there is currently no permanent Marine Rescue facility for the volunteers who provide accredited marine rescue services to the community of, and visitors to, the Gippsland Lakes.
These volunteers deliver an essential emergency response service across one of Victoria’s busiest inland waterways, yet they do so without a permanent base located on the Paynesville foreshore. Action: The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly identify a location for the future base of the Paynesville Coast Guard on the waterfront in Paynesville.
Maroondah Hospital Will FOWLES (Ringwood) presented a petition bearing 372 signatures: Issue: This petition of residents in Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Assembly that the Victorian Labor Government has abandoned the people of Melbourne’s east by walking away from its commitment to fully rebuild Maroondah Hospital, leaving residents without the healthcare infrastructure they were promised.
For years, local families were promised a world-class hospital for the eastern suburbs. At the 2018 election, the Government promised a new children’s emergency department which it failed to deliver. At the 2022 election, it promised more than $1 billion for a full redevelopment of Maroondah Hospital which it also failed to deliver.
Those promises gave false hope to patients, nurses, doctors and communities across the east that better healthcare was on the way. Instead, the 2026–27 State Budget contains no funding to deliver the full redevelopment of Maroondah Hospital. Maroondah Hospital is one of the busiest hospitals in the eastern suburbs, caring for a growing population.
Patients and healthcare workers continue to rely on ageing and inadequate facilities, placing strain on emergency care, surgeries, cancer treatment and mental health services. This is not just a broken promise. It is a betrayal of the communities that rely on Maroondah Hospital for essential healthcare.
Action: The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly calls on the Government to immediately restore funding for the full redevelopment of Maroondah Hospital and honour its commitment made to the people of Melbourne’s eastern suburbs by delivering the complete hospital rebuild as a matter of urgency. Youth crime Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) presented a petition bearing 2558 signatures: Issue: This petition of residents in Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Assembly that communities across Victoria are concerned about repeat youth offending, violent public disorder and property crime.
Petitioners are concerned that the current youth justice framework limits the ability of police and the courts to respond effectively to repeat offending and serious violent behaviour by some young offenders aged 12 and 13 years, reducing accountability, limiting opportunities for early intervention and rehabilitation, and undermining community confidence in the justice system.
Petitioners are also concerned by the increasing involvement of young offenders in serious violent crime and the impact this is having on community safety and confidence in the justice system. Action: The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly amend the Youth Justice Act 2024: 1. Remove mandatory pre-court diversion requirements for young persons charged with serious and violent offences; 2.
Strengthen the ability of Victoria Police to charge and bring before the Children’s Court young persons alleged to have committed serious public order, property or violent offences; 3. Young offenders who engage in serious violent behaviour shall be mandated to participate in appropriate intervention, education or rehabilitation programs to promote accountability and reduce reoffending; 4.
Strengthen recognition of victim safety and wellbeing within the youth justice system; and 5. Review the operation of doli incapax to ensure serious public order, property and violent offences can be appropriately considered by the courts. Ordered that petition be considered tomorrow.
Committees Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Report on the 2026‒27 Budget Estimates