Thursday, 14 August 2025

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:49): (1751) My question is to the Minister for Outdoor Recreation. The Olympic Leisure Centre in West Heidelberg is an important community pool. It has served the community since it opened in the 1970s at the site of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. It has provided an excellent place for people to come together to enjoy the pool and other facilities, as well as promoting a healthy and active lifestyle and being a place for people to socialise, learn to swim and more. Many people in my electorate want the Olympic Leisure Centre to continue to operate, and they want to continue to have access to these programs. Minister, will your government step in to ensure that the Heidelberg West community, the Olympic village community, continue to have access to affordable and accessible swimming programs, including culturally appropriate sessions as well as learn-to-swim classes?