Thursday, 9 February 2023

Ivanhoe electorate

Anthony CARBINES (Ivanhoe – Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing) (09:44): I am pleased to say that in the Ivanhoe electorate we are of course back to work. We have got a range of significant election commitments that our local community – in overwhelming numbers in a two-party preferred swing to Labor, growing our support in the Ivanhoe electorate – are keen to see delivered. We have come a long way with the Heidelberg Primary School commitments, with some $14 million to expand and redevelop classrooms there on that site. That is a very popular announcement that we will deliver this term.

The North East Link work continues; 15,000 trucks a day we will be getting off local roads. That is a super commitment and one that continues to be reaffirmed by the Ivanhoe community election after election. The Austin Hospital emergency department redevelopment and expansion – that is a several hundred million dollar commitment there. Again, it was only a Labor government that saved the Austin Hospital from privatisation and built two new hospitals on one site – the Heidelberg Mercy, the Austin Hospital and of course the magnificent Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. We will all have more to say and show our great respect and support for the late Olivia Newton-John in due course later this month. Ivanhoe Bowling Club is a great place to celebrate election victories and a great place to invest in their facilities across this term. Lots of great work is happening in the Ivanhoe electorate, and there is much to thank the local community for with their ongoing support. With the work that we will continue to do together I am really looking forward to what is going to unfold across the Ivanhoe electorate this term under Labor.