Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 7:43:36 to 7:49:58
The department provides an update on the number of contracted and completed projects under the Major Local Community Infrastructure Program, including the Carter Fields upgrade.
Topics: Grants administration, Infrastructure
Speakers: Hon Bridget McKenzie, Jacinta McDonald, Lisa Rauter, Unknown Speaker, Senator Glenn Sterle
>> Um, so just going to the MLCIP project list that I have. Um, can we go through um how many of these projects are actually contracted?
>> There are 122 contracted as at last >> 122 as at last Friday
>> out of Sorry, remind me.
>> Out of 229.
>> 229 contracted. And uh works completed or works started.
>> There are two projects that have been completed.
>> Two have been completed already. Which
>> That is the Carter Fields upgrade. And if you'll just bear with me to find another one. >> And the other one is the Tennis Club.
Tennis Club
>> in the city of Melville.
>> Yeah, I know that one.
>> In the city of where?
>> Melville.
And when were those two contracted?
>> We're just finding that information for
So the funding approval date for the Carter fields upgrade was the 24th of November 2025.
>> And it was completed on
>> Sorry, sorry, my mistake, Senator. That's the funding approval date. The funding was contracted on the 11th of
>> and it was completed
>> uh it was completed on the 7th of April.
>> Wow, that's almost a record. That's better than Western Sydney airport. What's the difference between the funding agreement and the November date
when the minister approved the funding,
>> right? And then the March date is when we've got a an actual contract with the proponent. >> Correct. >> So in less than 30 days, the contract with the proponent is um signed and the project's completed. Can you just run me through what the project that project um
contained? So that project undertook a full pitch replacement of the Carter field at the National Hockey Center in
>> Hang on. A full pitch replacement
>> replacement of
>> in 30 days
>> of the Carter field at the National Hockey Center in Lam act.
>> Y
>> and that included a new international category 1 surface along with upgrades to the irrigation and fencing.
>> Irrigation and fencing. And how much was this project?
>> $1.5 million. That's rounded down 1.554500.
>> Yeah. Okay. Well, 1.554
500.
uh, have you ever seen a project delivered so quickly? A full pitch upgrade, fencing, and irrigation in less than 30 days.
>> Might it be? So, >> um, Senator projects. Uh once they have funding approved and they've got notification of that funding approval, um they may at their own risk commence construction. Um but it is at their own risk if we don't reach a full negotiation on their contract.
>> Okay. And is that what occurred here?
>> Yes,
>> I expect so. Yes.
>> Okay. Um and the blue gum tennis.
So that one uh the funding agreement was executed on the 30th of March of this year and was completed on the 1st of May of this year.
>> Okay. And what did it include and how much was it for?
>> It was for $15,000 and it installed a solar power system and battery storage at the Blue Gum Park Tennis Club in Brentwood, WA.
>> And who announced that during the
We'd have to take that on notice. Senator,
>> would you know that or you you uh Oh, you do have a copy of the announcement
on our system. Yes.
>> In the list that you got from PMNC, did it have who announced every project? Cuz that was the completed list, wasn't it?
>> Um, it wouldn't have had the Well, we have kept a copy of evidence of those announcements. So, we would have that.
>> But, as I recall, and correct me if I'm wrong, your list didn't match their list.
>> That's correct. It didn't. So if they
had anything we didn't, we would have got a copy of that
>> which included who announced.
>> Yeah. Generally. Yeah.
>> Um do you have a um list of in terms of the list that we could get rather than I can we can run through it but is it possible to get um the who announced each project?
>> We can provide that on notice. Yes.
Yeah. >> Because you that's in your list. Yes.
>> Yes, we have that information.
>> Yeah, you do have that information. I just wanted to >> to check that. Um All right. Carterfields. Got it. Why was the upgrade to Kalen Avenue Reserve in San Remo on the Central Coast, New South