Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 Gayle TIERNEY (Western Victoria – Minister for Skills and TAFE, Minister for Water) (12:19): It was with great pleasure this morning that I joined the member for Greenvale Iwan Walters to officially reopen the new and improved Greenvale Reservoir Park. We were joined by staff from Melbourne Water, Parks Victoria and the Hume City Council, the federal member for Calwell Basem Abdo and many excited community members. A $3 million investment from the Allan Labor government has transformed Greenvale Reservoir Park into an open green space for families to relax in and enjoy. There are two new entry points for pedestrians and vehicles, improved walking trails, toilets, barbecues and upgraded amenities. I was also pleased to confirm that a new playground –

Sonja Terpstra: On a point of order, President, I cannot hear with the constant amount of noise that is coming from that side of the chamber, and I would ask that you bring those opposite to order so the minister can be allowed to continue in silence.

The PRESIDENT: I uphold the point of order. I think there was a bit of noise coming from a lot of directions. So if the minister can continue without assistance, it actually sounds like a really good thing that we would all be happy with. If we continue with the level of noise, I will ask her to start from the start. But I will ask her to continue now.

Gayle TIERNEY: I was also pleased to confirm that a new playground will be delivered, with more updates to come in the new year. Greenvale Reservoir has a long history of deep community connections. Even when I was working for the vehicle builders union representing Ford workers, we would, at the end of the year, have our break-up picnics there at Greenvale. They were big events and were a true expression of Victoria’s multicultural community coming together for good conversation, great food and wonderful music. Now more picnics can be held and more family and community memories can be made. The reopening of Greenvale Reservoir Park demonstrates that we can protect our precious drinking water supply while also creating green, welcoming spaces for local families, walkers and nature lovers. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making this reopening possible, especially the Greenvale community. I look forward to seeing the community make use of this fantastic new space, with its fantastic new facilities, all made possible by community effort, the Labor government and a fantastic local member.

Evan Mulholland: I seek leave to table the media release from January 2017 of the government promising exactly the same thing that it never delivered.

The PRESIDENT: I think it is not relevant to a question, that you seek leave to table something, but maybe if you would like to do it outside of question time, I would be happy for you to seek leave.