Constituency questions
Polwarth electorate
Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:46): (250) My constituency question this afternoon is for the Minister for Community Sport. Now that the Commonwealth Games have been cancelled in the Geelong–Surf Coast region, we are due our fair share of largesse from this government. My question to the minister is: will she provide funds to top up the Surf Coast aquatic centre in Torquay? This centre is well known to the government. It is still short of many millions of dollars to provide the facility that the community clearly needs. Only last week the former Minister for Commonwealth Games Delivery Minister Allan made it clear to the Surf Coast community that indeed the region could not expect any funds for projects or completed projects until well after 2026. The Surf Coast shire of course is planning to get this pool underway. It needs some more funds, and I call on the minister to give us an answer on that, please.