Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Lowan electorate projects

Emma KEALY (Lowan) (16:09): In the lead-up to the state budget I invite the Premier to join me in the electorate of Lowan to meet with locals and experience firsthand the fabulous local projects we have got that are ripe for investment and shovel ready. First of all, the Premier will head down the Western Highway to see the great need for that highway to be duplicated and for all those potholes to be fixed. First stop is the Willaura hospital, desperately needing some investment and an upgrade through there. Then we are going to stop off to see Pete Sporton at the Willaura Bakery and enjoy a vanilla slice. We will head through to Pomonal to see where the tunnel track should be built. We are also going to speak to locals and particularly small businesses to understand why funding has still not been delivered for small businesses and primary industries after the bushfires.

We are going to drop into Stawell and look at the secondary college and also the athletics track, which needs a new scoreboard. We are going to go through Rupanyup, have a look at the potholes in the main street and get those fixed as soon as we can. We will see where the Dunmunkle early years centre is going to be built. We are going to go to Warracknabeal, to Anzac park, where Mick Morcom’s funeral was held last week. May he rest in peace – my deepest condolences to his family. Then we are going to go to Dimboola to look at the bowls club, out on the Western Highway to look at Nhill’s Davis Park clubrooms, which definitely need to be upgraded, then to Kaniva College and back around then to Natimuk and look at the weir that has been funded but is not being built at the moment.

We are going to go to Horsham, look at Coughlin Park and the netball and tennis courts and then go to the hospital and see where the MRI is sitting in a container outside the building. We are then going to head down the road and go to Balmoral bowls club. The Glenelg Highway is in terrible condition. We are going to Hamilton to look at the hospital and look at the lighting, and then Mortlake community health. We are going to get all of this done, and we are going to see funding in this year’s budget.