THE Liberal Member for Northern Victoria, Wendy Lovell has continued her support of the Bangerang Cultural Centre in an attempt to get the ailing facility re-opened and viable into the future.
Speaking during an adjournment debate in State Parliament recently, Ms Lovell again raised the matter with Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Natalie Hutchins, calling for State Government assistance to establish a business model to ensure the centre’s long-term operation.
Ms Lovell’s calls came as she tabled a community petition containing the signatures of 1,707 community members calling on the Andrews Labor Government to provide ongoing funding to re-open the Bangerang Cultural Centre and ensure its future and longevity.
Ms Lovell said she had spoken many times in parliament about the importance of the Bangerang Cultural Centre to the local Aboriginal community and her continuous calls for the minister to provide adequate State Government support had been ignored.
“The centre’s management and the Bangerang people deserve better from Minister Hutchins and the Andrews Labor Government. As the large amount of signatures on the petition attests, the Bangerang Cultural Centre is important to local Indigenous culture and that is why I have urged the minister to provide assistance to establish a business model that will ensure the centres long-term operation into the future.”
