Some got on – like young Lucy, who had just turned 18 – and literally started on pre-poll and doorknocking two weeks before the election, because it is about giving voice to your values and putting forward a progressive agenda for our community and Victorians and putting that contest of ideas forward. Some have been on that journey from when I worked on the Isaacs campaigns with Mark Dreyfus all the way through to now. I want to give a shout-out to my electorate office team Claire, Dhani, Leah and Brad to my long-term adviser and friend and now my parliamentary secretary adviser Kavisha and to all of the team of legends, the hundreds of volunteers and supporters in the Mordialloc electorate.

The community groups, the schools and the local businesses in our community – we are really privileged to work alongside them each and every day, and we recommit our efforts to do all we can to support them over the coming term of the 60th Parliament. Sometimes I and my team are the last port of call for a particular issue, and we work as hard as we can to make sure that we support those residents each and every day. It is really humbling to be called upon to support them through different times or different circumstances. I want to thank the people in my local community who put their trust in me – the thousands of people that you get the honour to meet on the doors, to chat to on the phones or out in communities and the relationships you build over the years. The next months will be tough times ahead. We need to do all we can to support them through this time. We see that at the moment with the increase in interest rates and not only the substantial financial pressure but also the mental health and wellbeing pressure that that is placing on families.

We need to support the cost-of-living outcomes given the pressures that families are under. It is why we announced and we are again delivering the power saving bonus the next round is coming up in March 2023. We know the cost pressures that families are experiencing. When we think about how important the SEC policy will be, that investment from the Victorian government and the private sector in renewable energy will be transformational. Not only is it such a substantially important thing for our environment and our outcomes in the future but the cost-of-living outcomes are really important as well.

I was talking at that time about the importance of investing in renewable energy. Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (14:36): It is great to resume after the question time bells went.

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