House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport - Perth, WA (part 2 of 2)
27 August 2026
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House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:14
Speaker 1
By providing structured apprenticeships and traineeships backed by sufficient experienced staffing hours, I see an opportunity for both metro and regional councils to build a qualified and invested workforce. Thank you very much.
00:14 - 01:54
Speaker 3
Thank you. Joe Hoddy, I'm a parks and infrastructure worker from the City of Geraldton. Just like to thank you all for having the opportunity for us people on the ground to voice out some of our concerns that we've got. Our city's made up of 43,000-odd people covering an area of 2,500 square kilometres. My role involves keeping that upkeep and longevity of all parks infrastructure assets.
I work in a team of two that looks after 54 playgrounds, 145 shelters, seating, fountains, showers and park infrastructure. Since my time with the city, we're always expanding our assets, but we've never expanded our work crews. Workloads are constantly increasing due to this, ageing assets and increasing vandalism. Some renewals are pushed back years beyond their youthful, beyond their useful lifespan, resulting in band-aid repairs to keep facilities online, being told by management we do not have the funds, sometimes over several years. This creates a slippery slope between the facilities we provide and the safety of our people.
In some cases, infrastructure has to be removed until budgets can be found for renewals. This is a last resort as the community expects and deserves infrastructure to be functional. This becomes more common in recent years. It's obvious that the ageing plant and machinery which is shared between crews needs to be replaced. Old plant and machinery often in the workshop for repairs, renewal of this equipment can also be pushed back for years.
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