	{"id":21414,"date":"2019-05-22T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T00:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=21414"},"modified":"2019-05-25T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T04:33:17","slug":"federal-election-result-means-uncertainty-for-major-projects-king-reigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/federal-election-result-means-uncertainty-for-major-projects-king-reigns\/","title":{"rendered":"KING REIGNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Federal election result means uncertainty for major projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CATHERINE King has been returned as the Federal Member for Ballarat with a commanding majority of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the failure of the Labor Party to win government has thrown several key projects that were subject to her election pledges in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Chief amongst them is all-ability access for Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre, the focus of a $10 million Labor pledge, yet Ms King said that she would seek to find other ways of funding that project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably my biggest disappointment that you don\u2019t get to deliver the projects that we know the community so desperately wants,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce the new government\u2019s settled, I will write to them very quickly about the importance of these projects and lobby and try and create opportunities for the government to think about funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Coalition promising just over $10 million for Sovereign Hill capital works improvements, and a further $500,000 for upgrades to Russell Square in Brown Hill, Ms King said she would seek to hold the next government to account for those pledges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should honour the election commitments they have made,\u201d she said. \u201cGoing forward with any regional development funds they have I think they are really going to need to have a look at the inequality of funding between their election promises and what they do in government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The extent of Ms King\u2019s victory was dominant, winning all but four booths across the electorate &#8211; Bungaree, Learmonth, Newlyn and Warrenheip.<\/p>\n<p>She said her victory was more about her long-term record rather than just one election campaign. \u201cI\u2019m very honoured to have been returned as the Member for Ballarat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have been very kind to me over a long period of time and as I\u2019ve said, I don\u2019t think elections are fought and won in five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really about the sort of service you deliver to the community beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21566\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21566\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/Untitled-97-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/Untitled-97-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/Untitled-97.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liberal candidate Timothy Vo addresses<br \/>supporters on Saturday night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>City of Ballarat Mayor, Samantha McIntosh, was positive on Ms King\u2019s her victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate Catherine on being reappointed and I congratulate Catherine on being a voice on behalf of the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have some further conversations with our Federal counterparts around some of the major projects we know our community care about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard, loud and clear, that the community want to see the doors of Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre open, and that they would love to see disability access. We as a city have committed $5.3 million to Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre, the State government has committed $10 million, Heritage Victoria $2 million, and we\u2019re now looking at that final stage which will give us the full disability access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night defeated Liberal candidate, Timothy Vo, spoke to his supporters at a function in Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t directly focus on his defeat that saw Ms King further increase her margin by just under 4 per cent, or about 19,000 votes difference at time of publication, he did thank his campaign staff and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he wasn\u2019t about to disappear. \u201cOne of the first things I said\u2026 before I was endorsed was, I want to be a good candidate for you, for everyone here in this room,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to do a good job and be the person you all want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Ballarat have shown, through thousands of votes, that they were willing to have me as their member for parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were to, at the end of this day, switch off and go back into my little hole and continue playing video games that would be an absolute afront to all the work that I\u2019ve put in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work doesn\u2019t end today, it does not, and I\u2019m going to be an active member of this community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal election result means uncertainty for major projects CATHERINE King has been returned as the Federal Member for Ballarat with a commanding majority of the vote. 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