Luke Howarth (Petrie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This weekend is going to be really exciting for the community of Redcliffe Dolphins football on the Redcliffe Peninsula, because we're opening the eastern grandstand. When I was first elected I had lots of people within the community raise with me the need to build Dolphin Stadium. The Dolphins rugby league club is certainly a professional club. They've got great staff, strong supporters and excellent players, and the stadium is not just used for Dolphins matches; it's used by clubs such as the Peninsula Power Football Club, which is soccer, of course, and in the next few weeks we've got the Brisbane Roar taking on the Melbourne City Football Club at Dolphin Stadium.

But the $4 million that the federal government has been able to contribute to the Dolphin Stadium, which is great for the wider Moreton Bay area, came about because of people power within my electorate. I want to thank the locals that wrote to me and signed my petition to make sure the federal government can contribute. We've seen the western grandstand open and it looks fantastic. This weekend the eastern grandstand will open. I'm looking forward to having Senator the Hon. Bridget McKenzie, the Minister for Sport, coming up and opening the stadium with me. This will be great for the people of Moreton Bay and our region.