2015-11-10
Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water. On 24 February I asked the minister to update me and the house as to what was happening with regard to the management and oversight of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve, and the minister replied that the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning was working closely with the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Trust to improve its governance arrangements, including development of an appropriate suite of documents that meet good governance practices for public sector entities. Unfortunately neither I nor anybody else in the City of Glen Eira or among the public of Victoria is aware of any developments in this regard. The trustees of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve have historically constituted a very secretive organisation, and it is time the minister released public information as to how governance of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve is to come into the 21st century.
ANSWER on 11 February 2016:
The Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) is continuing to work closely with the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Trust on the implementation of recommendations made by the Auditor General last year.
DELWP is also working on recommendation 15 for longer term action to revoke the Crown grant and introduce new legislation for the future management of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve.