Thursday, 6 February 2025


Constituency questions

Preston electorate


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Preston electorate

Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (14:53): (975) My question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and my question is: what is the process for naming the two playgrounds built as part of this Labor government’s Preston Bell Street level crossing removal project? As local residents know, there is a great new playground down near Showers Street in the fantastic member for Northcote’s electorate. It has a slide, some small hills and some great First Nations artwork by Alex Kerr and Lewis Wandin-Bursill, and then there is a second playground at our end of Bruce Street with a wider range of equipment for older children. But the challenge faced by parents when they are organising play dates and parties is that those playgrounds do not have a name. If you look them up on Google Maps, it just says ‘playground’, which is a little difficult to search for. That is also a problem for early childhood centres, who are required to put down a specific name when organising excursions under their regulation. So any information that the minister could provide to us on how to get the two playgrounds named would be greatly appreciated.