Constituency questions
Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (16:51): (1) My constituency question is for the Minister for Community Sport. Four years ago I used my first constituency question of the 59th Parliament to ask the Andrews Labor government to commit their share of funding for the redevelopment of the Shepparton Sports Stadium. I again rise with the same request, because the Andrews government has repeatedly refused to support this very important project. The $60 million project will see the construction of six new basketball and netball multi-use courts, including a show court with a 3000-seat retractable grandstand. The current stadium is in such a state of disrepair that it was unable to be used as Greater Shepparton City Council’s primary recovery centre to house evacuees during the recent flood crisis, due to a leaking roof. Will the minister provide a commitment to match the coalition’s pledge of $20 million towards the redevelopment of the Shepparton Sports Stadium?