Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It was insightful last week to join so many community minded residents from Kallista who are fighting for improvements to local roads and drains. Gleghorn Road, Emberson Street and Rivington Avenue in Kallista were due to be sealed under the roads for community program, which had funding cut by the Albanese Labor government despite them committing to this funding previously. This would have drastically improved the flooding situation faced by the Kallista township and reduced the amount of gravel ending up in local waterways. Thank you to Sam, from the Kallista Tea Rooms, for hosting the community forum, and to Karen and Mark, from the Kallista Flood Watch Group, for their ongoing advocacy.

I will keep advocating to the Albanese Labor government to fund these works in the upcoming budget, and I will continue to call on the Albanese Labor government to reinstate the roads for community program in the upcoming budget to ensure hundreds of dirt roads across our Yarra Ranges community are sealed. From Healesville to Warburton, from Coldstream to Wandin, from Mount Evelyn to Monbulk, out to Belgrave and Tecoma and every other township in between, I will keep working hard to ensure this funding is restored to seal our local roads and improve the safety of our community. This funding had bipartisan support. It's another broken promise from this tricky Prime Minister.