Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Truganina Business Association

Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (19:24): (260) My adjournment is for the Minister for Small Business, and the action I seek is that the minister join me out in Truganina for the launch of the Truganina Business Association. As the minister knows, Wyndham is home to one of the fastest growing communities here in Victoria, and the same is true for small businesses, with a growth rate of 35 per cent. Truganina has seen a number of small businesses open up over the past couple of years, with a growing shared commercial and industrial estate popping up along Leakes Road.

When I was the member for Tarneit last term one of the things we were able to deliver as part of the Tarneit revitalisation project was assistance in starting up the Tarneit Business Association, which provided small businesses in Tarneit with the opportunity to foster a sense of shared community and networking. If I am not mistaken, Tarneit Business Association recently held their annual awards night, which tells you just how far they have come.

That is why it is so heartening to see so many small business owners in Truganina come together and learn from the success of the Tarneit Business Association to set up their own association of small businesses in Trug. They will be launching on 26 August, and it would be wonderful to have the minister join me at their launch to hear about their hopes for the present and, most importantly, for the future.