Thursday, 14 November 2024

 Katie HALL (Footscray) (17:17): (934) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek is to invite Minister Pearson to Footscray to visit Millennium House, a multicultural centre that has been transformed by the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund. Since the 1960s Millennium House has served as a place for the diverse migrant communities of the inner west to gather, learn, share and support not just each other but the entire community. The upgrades, which were made possible through the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund and other generous donors, will help provide education, carers respite, culturally safe support services and so much more to the 30,000 people that visit Millennium House each year.

The West Gate Tunnel will transform the roads and neighbourhoods of the inner west, removing thousands of trucks from roads in my community. But what some may not know is that the benefits of the project have already been felt by many in the community thanks to the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund. The Allan Labor government is not just revolutionising the transport infrastructure in the inner west, it is also partnering with the community to transform the social and cultural infrastructure. I look forward to seeing the minister, as will those who will benefit greatly from this project.