Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's a privilege to rise today to table Doreen Seniors Club's petition 'Spotlight on Aged Care'. Firstly, I'd like to congratulate Dani Trubiano and Terri Mackenzie on this 2,000-signature-strong petition. It's fantastic to see the community come together in such a meaningful way. The Doreen Seniors Club is a prime example of our community's unity and spirit. Whenever I join them for a forum or a Q and A, I enjoy firsthand the passion and dedication they have and the efforts they put into advocating for our community.

The petition is calling on the government to establish an aged-care facility in Mernda or Doreen to meet the needs of the fastest-growing area in the north. As one of the fastest-growing regions in Australia, we urgently need updates to our infrastructure and services to offer our residents the best we can. We've had six years of no investment under this government, the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government. Nor did we have any investment under the Victorian Baillieu and Napthine governments. Both of those governments together spent not one cent on investment in our community. Aged care, as we know, is an issue that's a hot topic at the moment but, most importantly, working together with local councils and our state MPs, we are working to try and find a solution to help our communities With that, I seek leave to table this petition of 2,000 signatures of local residents wanting an aged-care facility in our community.

Leave not granted.

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