STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Ms JORDAN-BAIRD (Gorton) (13:44): Set fire to your hair. Poke a stick at a grizzly bear. Teach yourself how to fly in a two-week-old unrefrigerated pie.

This Rail Safety Week we are reminded that those are dumb ways to die. Rail safety is a shared responsibility. This year, Rail Safety Week is also an opportunity to recognise the work of the rail workforce—drivers, guards, station staff, maintenance crews and safety professionals—who work every day to keep passengers, freight and communities moving safely and to shout-out the important advocacy of the RTBU and the TrackSAFE Foundation, who support our little ones to be safe around trains in partnership with the world's most beloved train, Thomas the Tank Engine, who was kind enough to stop at Parliament House station yesterday along with the ARA.

Millions of Australians rely on our rail network to get around our communities. Every day, rail also carries freight, delivering goods around our country to keep our economy moving. When it comes to rail, this Labor government has got its priorities on track.

We've opened the Metro Tunnel. We're on our way to electrify the Melton train line, and the Melbourne Airport Rail link is full steam ahead. So this Rail Safety Week here's your reminder not to 'set fire to your hair', not to 'poke a stick at a grizzly bear' and not to stand on the edge of a train station platform but to be safe around trains.

Happy Rail Safety Week. Choo choo!