Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Western Metropolitan Region

David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan) (12:52): (1271) My constituency question is directed to the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events. My constituent has recently moved to Tarneit from the eastern suburbs and is dismayed by the lack of aquatic and recreation centres for her children in the upcoming summer holidays. According to a 2021 report by Infrastructure Victoria, the City of Wyndham has just one ARC for every 48,000 young people, compared with the City of Melbourne, with one ARC for every 5000 young people. The figure is even worse when accounting for the entire state population – for example, the City of Greater Geelong has roughly twice the number of ARCs per resident. According to Life Saving Victoria, Wyndham is also ranked seventh for drownings. My constituent asks: given that councils have limited capacity to delivery new state-of-the-art aquatic facilities, how does the government intend to jump into the deep end and deliver new pools in the west?