Portfolio — 29 August 2026

The Member for Bundoora, the Treasurer Mr Brooks, has operated across two distinct registers in this window: community recognition in the Assembly, and significant whole-of-government fiscal and administrative announcements via ministerial media releases. Together they show a Member active both in honouring the local district and in discharging major Treasurer responsibilities.

In the Assembly, the Member for Bundoora devoted his chamber contributions to three community recognition addresses. He paid tribute to the late Michael Bourchier, co-founder of Amiga Engineering, whose work advanced Australian precision engineering and metal 3D printing capability, and extended condolences to his family [TA-260730-vichns-06b70b591935:s027]. The Member recognised the Greensborough Football Club on its 133rd year, acknowledging the leadership of its president Steve Ellis and the contribution of the Brindley family, and noting the club's scale — 500 members and 430 junior registrations this season [TA-260813-vichns-ff06af361824:s019].

He also commended the Bundoora Park Riding for the Disabled centre and its president Jenny Field, who has volunteered for more than 16 years, highlighting the centre's 25 volunteers and its role in delivering physical and cognitive benefits to riders and their families [TA-260827-vichns-1d37da03d766:s022]. Across these three addresses, the Member consistently drew attention to community infrastructure — sporting, industrial, and therapeutic — that anchors the district.

The Treasurer's media releases in the same period carried announcements of much broader consequence. A ministerial media release announced the appointment of 16 Parliamentary Secretaries spanning an extensive range of portfolios — Emergency Services, Roads, Community Safety, First Peoples, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Housing and Homelessness, Creative Industries, the State Electricity Commission, Rural and Regional Development, Education, Children, Climate Action, Health, the Premier's office, Multicultural and Multifaith Victoria, Disability, Public and Active Transport, Community Sport, Jobs and Industrial Relations, and Racing and Major Events [TA-260807-vicmed-f47dc3ccda2d].

A separate ministerial media release announced the government will reduce senior executive and executive-equivalent positions by 140 across departments and agencies, generating savings of more than $100 million, with a further $12 million in targeted savings from the Department of Parliamentary Services over the forward estimates [TA-260826-vicmed-680af624e730].

These announcements together signal a government reorganisation combining expanded ministerial support through parliamentary secretaries with a contraction of senior bureaucratic headcount.