Wednesday, 15 May 2024

 Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (18:56): (900) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Community Sport regarding the lack of communication and clarity around the allocation of funds towards sporting clubs in the Western Metropolitan Region. The action I seek is for the minister to provide some clarity in relation to when the funding towards Point Cook Football Club’s clubroom facilities upgrade will be delivered. On 22 October 2022, before the 2022 Victorian state election, the then Andrews Labor government pledged $1.4 million to the redevelopment of the Point Cook Football Club’s clubroom facilities. However, since that announcement there has been no further communication around the development or upgrade, leaving Point Cook Football Club uncertain of its future. Since there is no allocation in this budget again, the club is uncertain of what is going to happen.

A recent survey conducted by VicHealth revealed record levels of participation in organised sports, with 924,000 Victorians participating in local sports in 2022, which is just over 14 per cent of the population in Victoria. Should the upgrade be developed, the project for Point Cook Football Club would cater for Melbourne’s fastest growing corridor, bringing cleaner and newer club facilities for all the members of the Point Cook community and its surroundings. Given Melbourne’s reputation as the sporting capital of the world, I seek for the government to provide clarity to my stakeholders, the Point Cook Football Club, and my constituents regarding the status of the crucial development and upgrade that is sought and that was promised. Will the government proceed as planned, or has it been added to the everlasting list of cancelled projects by this Allan Labor government?