My constituency matter today is for the Minister for Education and it is in relation to the Bob Pettit Reserve in Jan Juc. The Bob Pettit Reserve is a much-loved and much-used piece of open space for children playing, walking dogs, fitness activities and formal competition sport, amongst other things. The minister will recall that the previous government wanted to sell off state government-owned land at commercial market rates. In response, on 30 October 2014 Labor announced that an Andrews government would rezone the land from residential to public park and recreation and sell it to the Surf Coast shire for $500 000, thus keeping the Bob Pettit Reserve in the hands of the community. I seek from the minister an update on the progress of this matter, and in particular what steps have been taken to fulfil Labor’s election promise.
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