Ms ADDISON (Wendouree) (10:02:31): I would like to thank everyone who has supported the introduction of the industrial manslaughter laws.

Dave and Janine Brownlee and Lana Cormie have generously shared their stories, time and time again, to inform and educate as to why this law is important and how it will save lives in the future. They have fought to ensure employers are held accountable for workplace safety and so that no other family has to experience what they have.

I would also like to recognise the contribution of the union movement, which has campaigned for industrial manslaughter laws for decades. Thank you for your unrelenting advocacy for Victorian workers today and into the future.

Ms ADDISON: Good people do good things, and I am reminded of this every day. Many of us watched the terrible impact of the fires in New South Wales and Queensland, but Grace Beechey, a young Ballarat woman, wanted to help.

With the support of her dad, Geoff, they have opened up their home and Geoff’s workplace for people to drop off donations that they will then personally drive up to New South Wales. It has been a huge success, with the Ballarat community really getting behind it, donating all sorts of toiletries and clothes and things people need when they have lost their homes.

It has been a huge success, and I want to commend Grace for her efforts and wish her and Geoff a safe trip north. Grace is a shining example of young people doing great things in the Ballarat community.

Well done. You are an inspiration to me and so many others.

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