Terry Young (Longman, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This morning, I had the pleasure of meeting with the stakeholders for the new PCYC in Caboolture, in my electorate of Longman, to discuss how this new building project is coming along. This is a collaborative project, with the Moreton Bay Regional Council, state and federal governments and the PCYC all contributing funding at various levels.

This project is particularly special to me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it will assist with engaging with our local youth and young families to provide much-needed services like Get Set for Work, Braking the Cycle and the Rise Up, Be Yourself, or RUBY, program, as well as gymnasium facilities, gymnastics, trampolining and so much more. The second reason is that it was the first project I took on when I was first elected back in May 2019. The then officer in charge of the Caboolture police, Mick Brady, was on the phone, I reckon, three days after the election, hounding me. After much lobbying of coalition ministers in the previous government, I was able to secure $5 million of funding under the Community Development Grants Program. There has now been an additional $5 million of federal money, which means the total project will have a budget of $17 million. Of course, there will be a, hopefully, short consultation period and various other administrative items to attend to, but the bottom line is that it's finally happening. Thank you to all the stakeholders for their work and the people of Longman for their patience. Now let's get on with building.