Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

When I was campaigning, there was nothing I heard about more commonly from Boothby residents than climate change and their distress at the lack of action on climate change. We are a wonderful electorate. We have beautiful beaches, we have wonderful rivers and environments in the middle, and we have our green, leafy hills. I'm really pleased to say that, as a result of our first budget, we are actually committing both to climate change action and to fixing our environments.

I'm really proud to say that Rewiring the Nation has been funded and we're looking forward in Boothby to having a community battery in Edwardstown, which will enable people who otherwise wouldn't be able to access renewable energy, the cheapest form of energy, to access it. That's people who might be in rental properties or in ground-floor flats or who just can't afford batteries or solar panels. We're also having some QRVs, some quick response vehicles, going to our wonderful Sturt Country Fire Service volunteers to enable them to continue their very valuable work during bushfire season, saving lives and properties. On top of that, we also have money going to urban catchments and rivers so that we can enjoy our beautiful environment in Boothby. I'm really proud of this budget. We're starting the work that should have happened a decade ago. (Time expired)

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