Thursday, 24 March 2022

Bellfield infrastructure projects

Mr CARBINES (Ivanhoe—Minister for Child Protection and Family Services, Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers) (09:42): It is all happening in Bellfield in my electorate of Ivanhoe. Can I just say that on the weekend I will be opening the Ford Park redevelopment thanks to the great work of the North East Link Program. That is going to be a fantastic redevelopment that will support Ivanhoe Junior Football Club, Bellfield Cricket Club and many others.

But just last week we were back out there with the shovels turning the sod on a huge redevelopment for social housing in Bellfield. It is a $24.3 million project thanks to $18-plus million from the state government under the Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund. That is going to provide some 58 social housing dwellings in Bellfield. It is with Launch Housing, and I want to thank them for their commitment to that development but also Banyule City Council, who have provided the land in Bellfield for that project. There are 200 jobs as part of that project, which is part of our $5.3 billion Big Housing Build.

Just over the back of that housing development I did a walk-through of the Bellfield community hub, which is going to include maternal and child health, a range of community rooms and kindergarten rooms as well. That is a $14.5 million project in Bellfield. It includes a $2 million contribution from the state government, working in partnership with Banyule City Council. Right there it is a drop-punt to each of those facilities: the social housing redevelopment of some $23-plus million, the $14.5 million Bellfield community hub, which has almost completed construction, and Ford Park, which is opening on the weekend. Get down to Bellfield. It is all happening.