James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Georgina Downer's strong advocacy made this announcement possible. This is an important commitment from the government to the people of Mayo. I note when Ms Sharkie was the member for Mayo, she presented a list of budget priorities to the government in which the aquatic centre was not listed. The people of Mayo need a strong and credible voice like Georgina Downer and a strong Liberal-National coalition government in Canberra to deliver projects like this for Mount Barker and for the wider Mayo community. It is a strange alliance we have in Mayo, a Sharkie-Labor-Greens alliance. It raises questions as to what Ms Sharkie will owe the Greens and Labor on the back of this support.