Morwell electorate sporting infrastructure
Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (16:49): As the local sporting clubs and volunteers pick up the pieces after Labor’s decision to cancel the Commonwealth Games, attention is now rightly turning to when the regions can expect the promised infrastructure upgrades. In my electorate of Morwell we were excitedly gearing up to host cricket, badminton, road cycling, shooting and rugby sevens, along with building an athletes village. Local facilities expecting upgrades as part of the Commonwealth Games included Latrobe City Stadium, Morwell Gun Club, Ted Summerton Reserve and Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium. The user groups are contacting my office with valid questions as to how and when these upgrades will commence and what level these upgrades will now be. Will they be the standard of the Commonwealth Games build or a watered-down version? Other groups in our community are asking if any of the funding is now going to be spent on other facilities or infrastructure. We have had the games pulled out from under us, and we do not want community groups divided on where and what this money can be spent on. We have been promised that all Commonwealth Games infrastructure will be completed, but local sporting clubs and volunteers have not been given an indication of when this will happen. Can the Premier provide a time frame for delivery of each and every infrastructure upgrade that was promised?