Tea Tree Gully Sports Hub

Mr BOYER (Wright) (15:28): I rise to speak about the lack of action in the north-east by the Marshall Liberal government since forming government almost 100 days ago. The Marshall Liberal government promised much in the north-east prior to the state election, but in reality it has delivered very little. The then Liberal opposition promised to upgrade the Tea Tree Gully tennis and netball clubs and the Banksia Park Netball Club in Banksia Park. We were told this upgrade would create a Tea Tree Gully sports hub.

On 8 January, Tea Tree Gully council's CEO, Mr John Moyle, was advised that a Marshall Liberal government would be funding the Tea Tree Gully sports hub expansion by contributing $345,000 towards the project. Of course, the then opposition was quite openly claiming credit for single-handedly funding the sports hub, but there was just one catch: $345,000 would only cover half the project and council would be required to stump up the rest. However, to my knowledge none of the Liberal election material distributed in the north-east informed residents of this. It was conveniently omitted that the project was dependent upon a co-contribution from the Tea Tree Gully council.

Mr Speaker, given that we now know this project is dependent on a co-contribution from council, you would be forgiven for assuming that the new government would have officially written to council requesting that they co-fund the project, especially considering that the City of Tea Tree Gully is poised to set its budget for the forthcoming financial year. But, lo and behold, I am informed that the new government still has not done this.

Just last month, a Tea Tree Gully councillor asked a question on notice about whether council had received correspondence from the state government signalling its intention to fund the program to which council advised, 'No, there has been no correspondence from the state government since the March 2018 state election.' Given that council is about to set its budget for the coming financial year, it means that these great sporting clubs in our local community will miss out on the promised upgrades for at least another 12 months because this new Liberal government has not bothered to write to council and actually request the financial contribution that is needed to make these promises a reality.

This is not the only project yet to be delivered in the north-east. Prior to the state election, residents were promised that a Marshall Liberal government would open up the Hope Valley Reservoir. In fact, many residents were under the impression that this would be done within the first 100 days in office. However, just last week the Minister for Water confirmed that it is still 'months away', much to the disappointment of many local residents, including the lead campaigner to open the reservoir, Mr Stephen Ross.

The Marshall Liberal government also promised to upgrade car parking and lights at the South Australian District Netball Association courts in Golden Grove. The then Liberal candidates for King, Newland and Wright called for 'immediate resources into reducing congestion and improving safety at the car park'. Yet here we are, nearly 100 days into a Marshall Liberal government, and the club is still waiting for the money.

The new government also promised to replace the spring floor at Tea Tree Gully Gymsports, and I understand that this is also yet to be done, and of course the Marshall Liberal government promised to build the new park-and-ride at Golden Grove, matching the previous Labor government's commitment, and there is still no action on that announcement either. It is one thing to make promises, but it is another thing to deliver. I will be doing everything in my power to ensure that these promises are kept and that the new Liberal government does not turn its back on the north-east.