Thursday, 3 April 2025

South-West Coast electorate sporting facilities

Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (09:48): I call on the Allan Labor government to provide funding for an all-access change room at Purnim cricket ground for women’s cricket. The sport is taking off and the women need a place where they can change under shelter and in private. This change room will also have benefits for a variety of local sports groups.

In the upcoming May budget I call on the Allan Labor government to provide funding for some more basketball courts in Warrnambool. Basketball is a very popular sport and facilities are bursting at the seams. Because there are inadequate courts, the teams have to play late into the night to get through all the matches, which is unsuitable for young children. The facility urgently needs more changing rooms for male and female players and for home and away teams.

I call on the Allan Labor government to provide funding for extra netball courts for the Warrnambool & District Football Netball League. Each precinct – Old Collegians, Merrivale, Dennington, South Rovers and Russells Creek – only has one netball court, restricting participation. Dennington netball club also desperately needs a toilet. These are the bare essential facilities needed so that sporting events can occur.

I call on the Allan Labor government to provide funding to resurface the netball courts in Panmure, which have degraded since the 2022 floods and are dangerous for players. The committee are concerned that there will be injuries as the surface has become so slippery.