Polwarth electorate
Mr RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:49): (6404) My question is to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, and my question to the minister is: could she direct the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority to guarantee for the Lorne aquatic club that they will be able to go ahead with their development? They have been waiting 14 years. They received funding from the Geelong city deal of some $900 000. They have fundraised fantastically through competitions and across the bar—another $500 000. They have the plans, they have building permits, they have approvals and they have support from the community. What they do not have, Minister, is support from your coastal management authority: they are sitting on these approvals; they are refusing to let them go ahead. The committee, the members and the community of Lorne on the wonderful Point Grey just want to hear back from you, Minister. They want to hear back from the committee. They want to know that after 14 years they can at last get on with building their new aquatic club and fishermen’s co-op down on the foreshore at Lorne.