Thursday, 24 March 2022

Southern Metropolitan Region

Mr HAYES (Southern Metropolitan) (12:43:073:): (1717) My constituency question is to the Minister for Fishing and Boating. Residents of Hampton have been lobbying the government now for over 18 months regarding their 150-year-old historic Hampton Pier, which remains unrestored and unopened. The pier is a valuable and much-loved community asset, but it seems to be one of 19 piers and jetties around Victoria that are currently closed or partially closed due to lack of government priority and investment. My question is: why is the government failing to meet its own targets on maintaining the state’s piers and jetty infrastructure, and what time frame can the minister commit to getting Hampton Pier reopened?