Lisa Chesters (Bendigo, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

There has never been a state Victorian government kinder and more the best friend of regional Victoria than the Andrews Labor government. Since they were elected they have worked to adjust the damage caused by the friends of those opposite in Victoria. They have rebuilt schools in regional Victoria. They have rebuilt and built hospitals in Victoria. My own area of Bendigo is home to the largest Vic hospital outside metro. They have built train lines, reopened train stations and built new train stations in regional Victoria, including in my own electorate. The Goornung train station reopened. We've got plans to reopen the Harcourt train station if re-elected. The Raywood station reopened.

If regional Victoria want to see the rebuild continue, the Big Build, then they need to re-elect the Andrews government. They need to consider voting for Labor in the lower house and in the upper house. I am proud of my state Labor colleagues: Mary-Anne Thomas in the south, Maree Edwards in Bendigo West, and Jacinta Allen, our Deputy Premier. All three are outstanding women who serve the people of my community proudly in the Victorian government. Only Labor will deliver for the regions. Only Labor has a plan now and into the future for regional Victoria.

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