Wednesday, 21 September 2022

 Ms HORNE (Williamstown—Minister for Ports and Freight, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Suburban Development) (09:56): Today I would like to celebrate four years of massive investment across the Williamstown electorate. Whether it is our schools, our community groups, our sporting facilities, our transport connections or our open spaces and beautiful bays, Williamstown has benefited from the investment that only a Labor government delivers. If I look at our schools, Williamstown High School is currently finishing its year 12 study rooms and theatre complex, Wembley Primary School has got a $10 million build of new classrooms about to start and Altona Primary has got scores of kids in its brand new classrooms.

Our parks and open spaces have also benefited, with new and upgraded parks throughout the electorate, including in Williamstown, Yarraville and on the foreshore of Altona. There has been a massive amount of trees planted, particularly along Kororoit Creek in Brooklyn and Altona North, thanks to our program Greening the West, and the transformed Hosken Reserve is bringing families to this beautiful new parkland in droves.

In Williamstown we have also got some of the most historic maritime features, so we have not wasted a minute in developing the Williamstown Maritime Precinct Framework and getting on with the job of planning where our investment needs to go through the Sustainable Local Ports Framework. And work will shortly start on rebuilding Altona Pier and installing fenders on Gem Pier in Williamstown.

But there is more to come. In fact our sporting clubs, who are the backbone of our community, have benefited, whether it has been by way of the rebuild of Williamstown Swimming and Life Saving Club or the transformation of Crofts Reserve or Donald McLean Reserve in Spotswood. We have removed two level crossings on Kororoit Creek Road as well— (Time expired)