Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Budget 2024–25

Sam GROTH (Nepean) (14:34): Following the budget – the Treasurer has delivered his 10th ‍budget – it just looks like absolutely more of the same for my electorate down in Nepean: no funding for Rosebud Hospital once again, and of course the coalition made that commitment at the 2022 election, to rebuild Rosebud Hospital. It is something that is desperately, desperately needed by my community, and we are still absolutely committed to getting that hospital built. Once again, no funding for critical infrastructure in my electorate, including the Jetty Road overpass, and we know this government did not put to use the $70 million of funds that the previous Liberal federal government put on the table. It was sitting there for multiple years and this government refused to use it, and there is still no funding for that. There is no funding for consistently requested pedestrian safety improvements across Point Nepean Road and Marine Drive down in Safety Beach that many of my constituents continue to call for. There is no mention of Flinders Pier, and it was something that was a huge community campaign a couple of years ago. It was heritage listed, but it is one thing to put a pier on the heritage register; you have got to actually fund it to make sure it gets the necessary works to make sure it actually stays standing for the test of time. Dromana Pier – the residents of Dromana have been waiting for funding for that now for a couple of years. There is no mention of Dromana Pier. Once again Nepean is completely neglected by this Treasurer, completely neglected by the Labor government and completely neglected by a Premier that fails to acknowledge the southern Mornington Peninsula even exists.