Retired Trams Strategy
Mr DIMOPOULOS (Oakleigh) (09:48): Melbourne’s trams are amongst the most iconic emblems of Melbourne, and I was lucky enough to witness a delivery of a W-class tram to Grange Junction Cafe in Carnegie as part of our government’s Retired Trams Strategy, where they go out into the community or to businesses. It is extraordinary: it is a W-class tram built in Melbourne, in Victoria, in the 1930s. In fact it has been in storage since 1995 in Newport. Because of our government these trams come back out into our community in parks or in businesses to be enjoyed and preserved, but in a very active way, with the public. So I want to congratulate Grange Junction Cafe for having the foresight to bring this asset, effectively—this iconic asset—to my community. They are going to make an amazing place out of it. They are going to have a bar, and it will be a cafe and restaurant. It will be a fantastic function centre, with the crowning glory of the tram in the middle of it. Well done, Sean and Giovanna from Grange Junction Cafe in Carnegie, and I look forward to the opening of the new premises.