Thursday, 24 March 2022

Coburg Library

Ms BLANDTHORN (Pascoe Vale) (17:12): (6301) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Local Government in the other place, and the action I seek is that he join me on a visit to the Coburg Library to see firsthand the benefit of nearly $100 000 of investment in making the Coburg Library more accessible, particularly in relation to the bathroom facilities. The libraries in our communities—all of our communities, and mine is no different—are absolutely a cornerstone from the early years, from the children’s sections and the wonderful Rhymetime programs and other children’s services offered by libraries like Coburg, through to the services that our libraries provide for our neighbourhood houses and our adult learning communities as well as the accessible resources in their computer facilities and other resources that libraries have on offer. Our libraries are absolutely fundamental to our communities, and my community is no different. Our government has also invested around $750 000 in the new library in Glenroy, which will be co-located with the new children’s centre in Glenroy and a range of other services, including community health. We are certainly investing in our libraries. I am really proud of the investment that our government has made in the Coburg Library, and I would like the minister to join me to visit that library.