SES volunteers change in front of others at 'embarrassing' regional HQ

Key points

• Volunteers at the Mildura SES headquarters have to change in front of others because the building lacks private change rooms and showers. Unit building unit controller Elliot Matotek says the 1983 building is deteriorating and embarrasses the unit when recruiting.
• The unit responded to more than 1,100 incidents over four financial years.
• Emergency Services Minister Paul Edbrooke would not promise funding for the second stage of redevelopment, while the opposition has pledged $1 million for the project.