Wednesday, 20 March 2019

 Mr PEARSON (Essendon) (19:14): (394) I direct my adjournment matter to the Minister for Fishing and Boating in the other place, and the action I seek is for a meeting to be convened between the minister’s office, her department and the Essendon Anglers Club to discuss the provision of a boat ramp on the Maribyrnong River in Flemington. I am delighted to have the Essendon angling club in my electorate. I have got to know the president, Martin Corkill, extremely well over these few last years. He is an absolute champion of a bloke, and he is a passionate angler. I think the idea of trying to encourage more people onto our waterways and to get them to experience the joy of being on the Maribyrnong will improve the water quality and the natural environment. I think finding ways in which we can encourage small-scale boating on the Maribyrnong would also be a welcome thing to do, and to that end I would indeed welcome the opportunity for a meeting to occur and for this to be discussed further.