Ali France (Dickson, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If you told me 10 years ago that Petrie in my electorate of Dickson would become home to a world-class university, an Olympic and Paralympic Games venue and a new lakes precinct with three kilometres of waterfront walkways, I would have choked on my Weet-Bix. It sounds more like South Bank in Brisbane than Moreton Bay. But record investment by the Albanese Labor government in infrastructure and education is delivering exactly that.

I recently walked the new lakefront walkway at the Mill site with Mayor Peter Flannery and state MP Shane King. The lakes precinct, located beside the future Moreton Bay Indoor Sports Centre for Brisbane 2032, is being delivered under the $1.8 billion South East Queensland City Deal, a partnership between federal and state governments and local councils. The $33.1 million Lakes Activation project complements the $205 million Olympic and Paralympic legacy venue, and it's right next door to the UniSC Moreton Bay Petrie station, the Mitchell Water Park and more. These projects will not only transform Petrie but the whole region, a true demonstration of what we can do when all three levels of government work together.