Thursday, 20 June 2024

Southern Metropolitan Region

Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (12:39): (948) My question is to the Minister for Community Sport. How is the government supporting community sporting clubs in Southern Metro to improve their facilities and encourage more people to get involved? Recently the member for Bentleigh and I were invited to Dane Road Reserve in Moorabbin to announce funding for improved lighting. The Victorian government is partnering with the City of Kingston to share the $300,000 cost of these new light towers as part of Sport and Recreation Victoria’s local sports infrastructure fund. Southern Metro is home to an array of sports facilities and sporting grounds, but to ensure they are fully utilised we need to fully activate them with high-quality facilities. The new lighting at the Dane Road Reserve in Moorabbin will mean more day use and more night use for local rugby and local cricket clubs. I want to thank the mayor of Kingston Jenna Davey-Burns and Cr Hadi Saab for joining me at the announcement. Despite being led by a great coach Chris from the Racing Rugby Club of Melbourne, our rugby skills are sorely disappointing. Nick and I will stick to what we are good at: advocating for the local community.