Western Metropolitan Region
Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (12:57): (199) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Can the minister please explain to my constituents in the west of Melbourne what is being done to address the health emergency declaration in West Melbourne? We have a high volume of heavy vehicles driving through suburban streets around Footscray, Yarraville and Williamstown, just to name a few, even though there is supposed to have been a curfew imposed on these vehicles since 2015. Reports indicate that adolescent asthma rates in the City of Maribyrnong are 50 per cent higher than the state average and hospital admission rates are 70 per cent higher than the Australian average for those aged between three and 19. Life is getting harder every day for my constituents under this government. Melbourne’s inner west also has a higher rate of lung cancers than the national average. Can the minister please explain what the government intends to do to rectify the life-threatening pollution that has caused this declaration?