The Andrews Labor Government is creating new jobs and helping Latrobe Valley businesses grow.

I rise today to congratulate two gold medallists from the Special Olympics who, as residents of the Latrobe Valley, took home gold on the weekend of 24 and 25 February in Canberra.

Today is International Women’s Day.

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The Victorian Government is helping Latrobe Valley businesses affected by the closure of the Hazelwood Power Station and Mine and Carter Holt Harvey saw mill to tap into the massive ecommerce market to find new customers for their products and services.

The offence rate has dropped across local government areas in Gippsland as the Andrews Labor Government’s record investment in Victoria Police continues to roll out.

A multimillion-dollar investment in better train services for passengers in Victoria’s east can now rail ramp up with the Andrews Labor Government’s receipt of funding for the $1.57 billion Regional Rail Revival program.

Twenty-eight teachers from across Gippsland have received expert training under the Primary Mathematics and Science Specialists Initiative, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government.

Paramedics and Ambulance Community Officers in Orbost will soon have the facilities they need to quickly respond to local medical emergencies with a new world-class ambulance branch.

Gippsland will see more police on the streets, with an additional 25 police officers above the attrition rate due to hit the beat over the next year as the Andrews Labor Government continues to deliver the biggest boost to police resources in history.

Women’s sport was the winner this weekend, as the Collingwood Magpies touched down in the Latrobe Valley for a blockbuster football-netball double header.

It is a sign of the disregard of the federal government — the coalition — for Victoria and for regional Victoria when we look at the cuts to health and hospital funding which it has imposed to the tune of over $2 billion across the state.

It is good to be back. My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and I ask him about the work in relation to the introduction of flexible wire safety barriers throughout Gippsland and along major roads not just as far as Central Gippsland through to the Latrobe Valley but down into South Gippsland.