Wangaratta Digital Hub
Mr McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (17:17 ): (6448) My adjournment is to the Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy in the other place, and the action that I seek is that she immediately reinstate the funding for Wangaratta Digital Hub. Women’s Health Goulburn North East has written to me requesting the funding be reinstated after the end of this financial year. Women’s Health Goulburn North East is a proud organisation, and during the pandemic they supported men and women to better survive in a digital world. Whether it be helping with a toy library or assisting a 92-year-old woman wanting to sync and pair her electronic devices, the uptake of technology and the need for the hub was incredibly important. But now as we move into another financial year the Wangaratta Digital Hub has been cast aside as the Big Build goes on in Melbourne. I ask the minister to stand up for her portfolio and assist the people who really need this support. We do not want to see further evidence of digital poverty in our regional areas, but these cuts will do just that. Again, the action I seek is that the minister restore the funding by 1 July so that Women’s Health Goulburn North East can continue their great work.