Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (14:12): (924) My question is directed to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. I remember when I was a young lad I used to play with Lego quite a lot. We used to build heaps of interesting things out of it. I probably stopped using it when I was about 10 or 11 years old. I did not realise that the Victorian state government still used Lego to build things, because if you look at the concept designs of the Ballarat railway station, that is exactly what they are using: big, ugly Lego blocks on a beautiful heritage-listed station. It is just absolutely unbelievable. And if you look at the consultation that has been put out, it is not real consultation. They are asking about opinions on plantings or colours; they are not asking about whether the architecture fits in. So my request to the minister is: please review this, because it is totally wrong and not in keeping with the precinct, let alone central Ballarat.