Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Adjournment
Local Sports Infrastructure Fund
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Local Sports Infrastructure Fund
Alison MARCHANT (Bellarine) (19:21): (1658) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Community Sport, and the action I seek is for the minister to provide an update on the timeline for the 2026–27 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund. Last week in the budget it was announced that there was $10 million allocated to the Local Sports Infrastructure Fund to deliver new community sporting facilities, and growing communities across the Bellarine know just how transformative this can be. Recently we announced that the Borough of Queenscliffe had successfully secured funding in a previous round to build a new bike park, and that community is very excited and very eager to see that project come to life. But just last week, in a mobile office in Drysdale, I met with two grade 4 students from Clifton Springs Primary School, who were advocating strongly for a new bike park at their own town of Clifton Springs. I know also that many local community clubs across the Bellarine have projects that they think would greatly benefit from this funding, including St Leonards soccer and cricket clubs, Ocean Grove Tennis Club, pickleball clubs across the Bellarine and basketball clubs across the Bellarine. It is important to note that applications to the Local Sports Infrastructure Fund must be submitted by local government authorities, and I know that sporting communities across the Bellarine have been previously disappointed, particularly with the City of Greater Geelong when they have not submitted an application for a certain local project, including proposals for indoor sporting facilities. That is why I am seeking an update from the minister on when those applications for that fund will open, so then I can continue to advocate to the City of Greater Geelong and the Borough of Queenscliffe to work closely with Bellarine sporting communities to ensure worthy local projects are going to be considered.