Peter Slipper (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Gold Coast is a wonderful place to go for a weekend, but I have to say that the Sunshine Coast is a tremendous place in which to live and bring up families. The Sunshine Coast, led by the iconic tourist attraction Australia Zoo, is battling certain other locations for prime spots on the board. I want to encourage all Sunshine Coast residents, and indeed all other residents, to vote for the Sunshine Coast and for Australia Zoo. This is a truly democratic process. Australians have the chance to cast their vote on the internet as to which regional cities get the best spots on the board. They can vote at the website www.monopoly.com.au. It is no secret to people that the Sunshine Coast is the best part of Australia to live in and it is only fitting that we should have the best position on the Monopoly board. We now have the opportunity to eject some has-beens from supplanting us on the new Australian board and make sure that we receive the recognition that the Sunshine Coast is certainly entitled to.

Other areas that have been nominated include the Great Barrier Reef, Byron Bay, Broken Hill, the Snowy Mountains, the Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island, Melbourne, the Barossa Valley, Flinders Ranges, Kalgoorlie, Broome, Alice Springs, Uluru, the Devil’s Marbles and more. While at least three locations from each state will be included on the new board, the numbers of votes will help to determine their position. I am pleased that, as of Monday this week, the Sunshine Coast was well ahead in the Queensland division of the campaign, with 30.5 per cent of votes. The Great Barrier Reef was second, with 21.1 per cent of votes. Longreach was third, with 18.6 per cent of votes. I am not quite sure where the Gold Coast was but it was somewhere further down the list.

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