Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Adjournment

Seville Recreation Reserve

Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (19:00): (221) Seville Football Netball Club, Seville Cricket Club and the entire Seville and Yarra Valley community want to know when the government will deliver its promised upgrades to the pavilion at Seville Recreation Reserve. Only months after a $5 million promise was made to our community for these facility upgrades, the state budget handed down just one month ago had no provision of funds expressly for this project, not a single cent allocated and no certainty that the $5 million was even set aside for Seville. In fact Seville did not even rate a mention in the Andrews Labor government’s state budget. No wonder local residents think that this is yet another broken promise by this tired Labor government. The action I seek is for the Minister for Community Sport to detail: where – in what budget paper and on what page – the commitment is for Seville Recreation Reserve with upgrades to the pavilion, including the female-friendly change rooms, and in what year of this term these works will be completed.

The dedicated volunteers at Seville sporting clubs, such as Mick Shore, Kane Shore, Paul Bailey, Wayne Baker, Rod Pearse and so many others – sorry to those that I have missed out mentioning – have done a wonderful job over many years to advocate for these facility upgrades for Seville, and they deserve certainty and details. The Yarra Ranges council also deserves details and to be engaged in this process for their asset, because it is not even included as a priority project by the Yarra Ranges council in their advocacy agenda, and no-one has any details from this Labor government about this commitment or when they will see any of the $5 million promised.

The Seville community is long overdue for investment by the Andrews Labor government, and I will keep working hard with the residents of Seville and the entire Yarra Valley to ensure that this is not another broken promise by this government and that these pavilion upgrades will be delivered for the Seville community.