Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Point Cook electorate infrastructure

Mathew HILAKARI (Point Cook) (13:22): Five hundred children are on the waitlist at Eagle Stadium, according to Wyndham City Council. Wyndham council says that Point Cook requires the equivalent of 12 indoor basketball courts. We do not have a pool in Point Cook, and it is the largest and most multicultural suburb in the country. Wyndham council have no plans to rectify these massive gaps. On Monday I, with Dwayne, a Point Cook resident, delivered almost 3000 signatures to urge Wyndham council to change their minds, but $36 million should not be it for the community of Point Cook. The ratepayers there deserve the facilities that give young people the best start in life and that build our community. Councils are not on our side. Our community is full of young people – volunteers, contributors – all of whom have been held back by the lack of care and effort. Council have been ignoring their own legal advice and their own budgets. What some in the community have to say about council’s decisions is stark. Frances said:

The Mayor and the Councillors responsible should hang their heads in shame for trying to pull a fast one on the Cookies.

Kirsten said:

I think a new petition needs to be started to remove councillors and appoint administrators.

Basil said:

That is a blatant misappropriation of funds that should be spent on building infrastructure in the areas from where the funds were collected.

Amy has ‘lost all faith in council actually serving the entire community’. Wyndham needs to do better. The Minister for Local Government is writing to you, and I hope you can take account of your actions.