Buninyong electorate community facilities
Ms SETTLE (Buninyong) (10:00): What I love about my electorate—or one of the many things I love about my electorate—is the many small towns. Every town has its own hub, its own centre and its own very unique heart. It is a place where people come to talk, share their stories, support each other and celebrate life. Last week I visited Ballan with the Minister for Local Government in the other place to announce a state-of-the-art library and community hub which will be built in the middle of Ballan’s main street, a beautiful heart for the community right in the centre of town. The Ballan library and community hub will include library services, maternal and child health services, an exhibition space and a visitor information centre. It will be built using the Growing Suburbs Fund. It is something I have been working on for a long time with council, and I was delighted to announce it.
Following that I attended Rokewood, which is a lovely rural town in my electorate. The Rokewood Corindhap Football Netball Club, the Grasshoppers, will also be receiving $3.5 million from the Growing Suburbs Fund to modernise and upgrade their old change rooms. This is a fantastic club that is really at the heart of the community. I would like to thank the minister for his foresight in extending the Growing Suburbs Fund to include peri-urban councils. This fund has made a real difference to these councils and communities— (Time expired)