MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (09:44): I rise today to update the house on how the Andrews Labor government is delivering for my great electorate of Werribee. As we move towards COVID normal we are in a position to reopen, rebuild and grow our local economy. The 2020–21 budget will see the community of Wyndham, along with the rest of our state, recover from the impacts of the pandemic, creating new jobs and opportunities. For Werribee the budget will deliver $272 million to build new law courts, $84 million for the transformation of Werribee zoo and $4.8 million to plan for the future expansion of the Werribee Mercy Hospital. We are also continuing to build our Education State by delivering the great local schools that families deserve. Through this budget land will be acquired to build two new primary schools in the Werribee electorate. This is in addition to the land acquired in Werribee’s Harpley estate earlier this year for a new high school. So there is plenty more in the budget that delivers for the Wyndham community now and into the future.

Across the electorate, major works are also progressing to remove level crossings at Cherry Street, Werribee Street and Old Geelong Road, and I am pleased to say that the Werribee Street level crossing will be gone for good months ahead of schedule thanks to the great work of the Minister for Transport Infrastructure and will be the 45th level crossing to be removed by the Andrews Labor government.