Luke Howarth (Petrie, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Last week I was thrilled to visit the C&K Aspley East Community Kindergarten in Aspley with great news. With a proud 52-year history, the kindy's playground was well and truly showing its age, and so the excitement was at an all-time high when I was able to announce that the federal government will provide the grant to upgrade the playground and ensure that there's a new playground in 2019. Earlier this year, when I visited the kindy, director Marie White spoke to me about the need for a new playground. The old playground had suffered damage during last year's high rainfall events.

The kindy has always been supported by local businesses to ensure they are contributing to the local community. However, the cost of the new playground was way beyond this small community's resources. Many local children have been students at the kindy, and their parents were also students of the kindergarten. At the new kindergarten playground there'll be new slides to slide down, climbing frames to swing on and new obstacles to explore. I want to particularly thank all the staff, committee president Casey Wood, all the committee members and everyone involved there, including all the parents. Your dedication to ensuring our up-and-coming generation has the best possible start is to be commended. To all the parents, thank you for signing my petition. The $100,000 grant from the government will go a long way and be great for the community.

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