Ramsay calls on Neville to fix beach facility

Liberal Member for Western Victoria Simon Ramsay has taken fire at Bellarine MP Lisa Neville over the condition of Point Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club’s (SLSC) back beach facility.

Mr Ramsay recently told Parliament that the facility was in desperate need of repair.

“The back beach is notoriously dangerous.

“But the government is ignoring requests for the SLSC facility – that monitors that beach – to be repaired to standard.”

He said the back beach base was also known as the HC Windmill Back Beach Base building and it was suffering badly from concrete cancer.

Mr Ramsey said the building was used for storage of some of the club’s equipment and a tower enabling SLS volunteers to patrol the back beach.

“Half a million dollars is needed to repair the damage caused by the concrete cancer so that this very vital patrol service for swimmers can continue to operate normally,” he said.

However, Ms Neville said Mr Ramsay was again jumping in late in his attempts to address the back beach facility issue.

“I have been in discussions with the Point Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club to address the club’s infrastructure needs and am working with the club to find a solution,” she said.

“We’re continuing to support the club’s base and to ensure it remains a community asset that keeps people safe.

“We have already allocated $1.5 million in the 2017-18 budget to help the club redevelop its clubhouse.”