Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Members statements
Australian Open golf tournament
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Australian Open golf tournament
Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:58): We also had a very exciting announcement this week. We know that Melbourne is of course the major sporting events capital of Australia, possibly the world, and indeed that was strengthened again this week with the announcement very excitingly that the Australian Open golf tournament has been committed to Melbourne for a further three years. I am particularly excited that the 2027 instalment of the Australian Open golf tournament will actually be held in that best part of Melbourne in the south-east, at the Peninsula Kingswood golf club. It will be wonderful to embrace the world’s best golfing talent in the South-Eastern Metropolitan region next year, and indeed it will a great boon for our local economy as well in the process. Melbourne is by far and away our sporting events capital, and we look forward to having more and more major events spread not just in the inner city but in our vibrant outer suburbs as well.