Questions without notice and ministers statements
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (14:30): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services. What is the CFA base budget for 2025–26?
Members interjecting.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The minister for economic growth is very, very close.
Bridget Vallence: On a point of order, Deputy Speaker, the minister for economic growth has already been warned.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I would say reflections on the Chair are not parliamentary or orderly.
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (14:37): The minister told the house in May that this information would be in the budget. It was not. The Treasurer published base funding in the Government Gazette on 30 May, showing a cut to the budget from previous years. The Treasurer, the minister and the Premier all then denied that this published figure was the CFA’s budget. Can the minister put us in touch with anyone in the government who knows how much money our emergency services will receive next year, given Victorians are being slugged an extra $3 billion in tax in their name?