Tuesday, 18 March 2025

 Peter WALSH (Murray Plains) (14:36): (1042) My question is to the Minister for Community Sport. What advice has the minister received from her department about the concerns of Kyabram netballers and women cricketers that the government grant to upgrade the Wilf Cox Pavilion will not actually deliver them the dedicated change facilities they so desperately need and deserve? For generations, the netballers who play at Kyabram Reserve have had to change in the women’s toilet or behind a screen in the function room upstairs. When the government made a million-dollar grant available for upgrading the Wilf Cox Pavilion, they thought their prayers were finally answered and they would have dedicated women’s change facilities. But without being consulted, they now find the current proposal by the Campaspe shire does not deliver what they expected. The proposal spends a huge amount of money remodelling the Wilf Cox reserve to squeeze footballers and netballers into the existing footprint rather than building a standalone facility adjacent to the netball court, which is what the netballers want. The netballers and women cricketers of Kyabram deserve better.