Wednesday, 18 March 2026

 Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:57): (2240) My question today is to the Minister for Local Government. Public libraries are the hubs of our communities. They offer so many services to local people, from baby and children story times to IT literacy for older residents and all sorts of things in between. They need sustainable funding to ensure they can continue to provide all their vital services while also growing to meet the changing needs of our communities. Minister, will you provide needs-based funding for libraries across my electorate in places like Manningham – funding that is based on population size and takes into consideration things like socio-economic disadvantage and population dispersion and also ensures that there is a no-worse-off safeguard?