Getting Results - Sport and Recreation
As the local State Member of Parliament, Ann Barker helps make sure the Oakleigh electorate gets its fair share of funding and resources from the Brumby Government. Including:
- grants to local sporting clubs to help purchase safety equipment
- funded an Oakleigh based callisthenics group’s entry in ‘Our Nation on Parade’
- funding for landscaping works at Mallanbool Reserve, Murrumbeena
- funding for safety improvements at Murrumbeena Park oval
- funding for shade structures at Duncan MacKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena
- funding for first stage of regional adventure playground development at Packer Park, Carnegie
- funding measures to improve safety in playgrounds in Glen Eira
- funding for shade cloths at Koornang Park (Lord Reserve) Carnegie
- $15,000 to Glen Eira Council for Recreation Strategy
- $50,000 to Glen Eira Council for Neerim Road to Bentleigh Bike Trail
- $58,320 to Royal Life Saving Society Oakleigh for boating safety education for children
- $138,750 for spectator shelter at Oakleigh Cannons home ground the Jack Edwards Reserve
- $2 million to assist with the refurbishment of the Oakleigh swimming pool complex
- funding to assist with installation of rain water tanks at Lauriston Tennis Club, Carnegie
- $60,000 to upgrade lighting at Jack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh
- sports uniform grants to Murrumbeena Football Club and Oakleigh Cannons Junior Football Club
