Shayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Like many Ipswich locals, I share fond memories of watching movies at the Tivoli Drive-In Theatre, so it was bittersweet last Friday to attend the final movie screening and to celebrate 50 years of the drive-in theatre before the big screen is dismantled and the Give Goodness Centre moves to a new location. With the closure of this iconic local institution in Ipswich, only a handful of drive-in theatres now remain in business across Australia.

While it might have been the end of an era for the Tivoli drive-in, it's the beginning of a new chapter for Goodness Enterprises with the Give Goodness Centre food cooperative, which has provided up to 100,000 meals across the south-east Queensland region. It's relocating to its new premises on Tiger Street, West Ipswich, where it will continue to provide vital food and emergency relief, work skills training and a range of support services. Goodness Enterprises will continue to operate the Chuwar Koala and Native Fauna Conservation Park. Last year, I secured $1.2 million of federal money for this nature reserve for our region.

Meryl Swanson (Paterson, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.