I also join other members of this chamber in wishing the very best to all of those families who have been taken by surprise by yesterday’s events. I also join with Ms Lovell in expressing thanks for all the tireless work that has been done over the last nearly 24 hours by the emergency services personnel and other people, including volunteers who just walked out of their homes to assist and those who manned telephones and did all the things we normally take for granted. I know that it has shaken a number of communities in the north of this state, but I think it has also touched the hearts of people living in rural and isolated areas and regional centres. Indeed Melbourne has been rocked to its very foundations by the events of the last 24 hours.
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