Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We had some major announcements in Solomon, my electorate, in Darwin and Palmerston last month. The location of the Darwin Medicare urgent care clinic was announced, as well as the successful tenderer for the aged-care facility with up to 150 beds to serve senior Territorians in the greater Darwin area.

I was also pleased to open a more community focused piece of infrastructure last month in Palmerston. We've upgraded public amenities at Hobart Park in Johnston, delivering a $450,000 investment from the Australian government's Investing in Our Communities Program. I really want to thank Mayor Athina Pascoe-Bell and the fantastic team at the City of Palmerston. Well done. These sorts of practical improvements to this social infrastructure make it easier for Palmerston families to spend time at the park. Palmerston is growing fast these days, and upgrades like this really have mattered, which was why I was really pleased to secure the funding and get it done.

I want to give a particular shout out to Evelyn Small, a student from MacKillop Catholic College in Palmerston. Her artwork adorns the walls of this facility. It's fantastic. It's native flora and fauna of Darwin—the beautiful bush stone-curlews. Well done to Evelyn Small and her wonderful family.

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