THE Victorian parliament’s upper house is planning to hold a sitting in a regional area affected by last summer’s floods.
Announcing the plan, Liberal Member for Northern Victoria Region Wendy Lovell said she had initiated a motion to secure such a sitting in March and that it had been passed this week.
Ms Lovell said the challenges of flood recovery would continue for some time and it was important those challenges continued to be brought to the attention of all MPs.
She said a regional sitting would give flood-affected communities direct access to all members of the Legislative Council, including government, Opposition and crossbench members.
The location and date of the regional sitting will be determined by parliamentary officials after consultation with flood affected local government authorities.
