Thursday, 3 April 2025

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (12:51): (1534) My question is to the Treasurer, and it relates to a building known as ‘the glass house’ in Ballarat, which is owned by the state government. The office is on the corner of Doveton and Mair streets in Ballarat. Minister, over the last three years $2 million has been invested in the building, including an internal refurb, such as pods and new desks and those sort of things. This week the air conditioning busted, and staff have been told – and they are telling me that they have been told – to abandon the building; they are going to be shifted to somewhere else. So, Minister, why did the department invest millions of dollars in the building knowing that the air conditioning was bad and now that building is going to be abandoned? Doesn’t that seem a ridiculous waste of money?