Gavin Pearce (Braddon, Liberal Party) | Hansard source

Tuesday's budget announced an extra $4 million of funding into our region's eight local councils through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. Since 2019, over $20 million has been allocated to our region through this program, and in my opinion it's one of the most effective funding initiatives available to our regions.

It gives councils and their local communities the freedom to choose which projects are important to them. Whether its local roads, bike paths, community halls, playgrounds, parks or sporting facilities, the decision is theirs. Local businesses and tradies are being used to deliver these projects where they matter most. The money is flowing through local, hardworking businesses, through their employees, through their families and back to their communities.

More than 80 projects have been delivered in my region alone, projects like the Ulverstone Skate Park redevelopment; the Smithton dog park; the Devonport Highfield playground development; painting the Currie Lighthouse on King Island, in the middle of Bass Strait; the Wynyard Basketball Association locker rooms update—the list goes on and on. Thank you to our councils, thank you to our local businesses and thank you to our local tradies who are delivering these projects on behalf of the federal government.

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