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My question is for the Minister for Emergency Services.

As the summer draws closer, how is the Allan Labor government preparing the Bellarine electorate ahead of fire season?

The days have been getting longer, and the weather has been warming up and showing clear signs that we are getting closer to summer. But this also comes with an acknowledgement that we are getting closer to the prevailing time of the year which includes fires.

On the Bellarine this year we welcomed a new medium tanker to the Leopold fire brigade, thanks to funding from the volunteer emergency services equipment program, and two of our local schools recently were granted funding under the bushfire preparedness vegetation program to support at-risk schools for fire prevention. But it is important to the Bellarine community to also know what preventative plans are in place ahead of these summer months.