The Federal Labor Government has again rejected a funding application that would transform the ageing 1970s Campbelltown Leisure Centre into a state of the art community centre.
In the most recent round of infrastructure funding the $7.5 million application supported by the Campbelltown Council and sporting groups was again knocked back.
It is perplexing that the Campbelltown Leisure Centre redevelopment, which would be of so much value for our community, has been rejected time and time again.
Labor has wasted billions and billions of dollars trying to salvage programmes such as the roof batts which has been linked to almost 200 house fires and the school halls, where particularly in New South Wales billions have evaporated due to rorts and rip-offs.
The benefits of redeveloping the Campbelltown Lesiure Centre are obvious. The new infrastructure would increase sport and recreation access to all and cater for an increase in visits from the current 8,000 to over 20,000 per month and create a number of jobs.
It would be a terrific investment for local netball and indoor sporting teams with the refurbished centre able to host national meets and competitions.
I committed to providing $7.5million in federal funding to allow the project to begin, had a Liberal Government been elected last year. The Liberals remain ready to fund this project should we win Government.
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Gus RobertS, December 9, 2011
this is a disgrace - how is it possible that all that money was wasted and there is none for the lesiure center. everyone in the north east should be getting behind the liberals on this one.