The Sydney Morning Herald. "We're going to extraordinary lengths to preserve the heritage of the pool," North Sydney Council Mayor Jilly Gibson told 7.30.In April 2019 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and local MP Trent Zimmerman announced a $10 million election commitment to contribute to the pool upgrade.But two weeks ago, as the Federal Government faced increasing scrutiny over the use and application of several different Government grant schemes, it emerged that the pool funding had been secured from a program that targeted regional and remote areas.So how did this iconic pool end up with a $10 million federal grant that was originally earmarked for regional and rural groups?An incoming Government brief states that the fund's stakeholders were "regional and remote communities" and that its impact would be "support for women's participation in sporting activities in our regions and strengthening regional sustainability, capacity and diversity".When the program was unveiled, the Morrison Government said in a statement that "further details on the change room and swimming facilities fund will be released later in 2019".But no further details were ever released to would-be applicants.Two weeks ago the Department of Health released a partial list of grant recipients, which revealed that about $131 million of the total $150 million was awarded to 41 organisations as part of a "closed non-competitive" process.A spokesman for the Sports Minister Richard Colbeck told 7.30: "These are all projects our Government took to the people at the last election and we're delivering on our promises.
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Wedged between the smiling face that welcomes visitors to Luna Park and the towering arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, no pool in Sydney enjoys a location quite as enviable as this one. North Sydney Olympic Pool | North Sydney Olympic Pool.

"We'll have to address the issue, of course. She told 7.30 in an interview that North Sydney Olympic Pool was "definitely a regional facility". They share change room facilities with male teams that also use the ground.

"Money does have to actually be spent fairly," AJ Brown, of Griffith University's Centre for Governance and Public Policy, told 7.30. There’s also an indoor 25-metre pool and a well-equipped gym to complement the spectacularly scenic outdoor 50-metre pool overlooking the harbour. "To have grant funding from a scheme like this would provide us with the ability to build a home ground with female facilities, to accommodate all ages.

Brothers in arms over North Sydney Pool. The council is still in the early stages of gaining approval for the redevelopment.The source of this federal funding now sits uneasily with some members of the local council.Independent councillor Zoe Baker had moved a motion in council in 2015 requesting that council write to Mr Zimmerman for funding for the pool redevelopment. They are totally inadequate for modern needs, and they really need to be redeveloped desperately, so I think that funding is appropriate, yes. (Supplied: Facebook)The Female Facilities and Water Safety Stream was created in March 2019 and announced by the Federal Government as a measure to "remove barriers" for women participating in sport "in our regions", and to develop and upgrade community pools in remote and regional areas. It has a history of being a regional pool, also it's a tourist attraction," she said. "I'm an independent mayor, I have no inside knowledge about how the Liberal Party distributes their money. The North Sydney Olympic Pool is heritage listed and considered 'historically rare'. The mayor presiding over the North Sydney Olympic Pool will push for it to be reopened despite recently raising concerns over its structural safety in the lead-up to its long-awaited redevelopment. "Unfortunately, all attempts by the architect to find a design solution to meet heritage requests and provide shade, have been unsuccessful." "I think there's an expectation from all communities that funds that are set aside for a particular purpose, that they'll be allocated for the maximum benefit of those in need," she said. "Every day of the week we have local visitors, visitors from interstate, and a lot of overseas tourists going through the turnstiles. she said.An independent report, prepared by consultants GML Heritage, found the steel-framed shade structure designed to protect the children and families' pool would "dominate the original structures of the pool complex in a highly visible location".This would have "an adverse impact on the pool complex and the setting of [nearby] Luna Park".The concerns prompted the project's independent planners to request changes to the pool's design.Council papers, published in April, said it had become "clear that including [the sun-shade] with the current development application adds substantially to the risk of refusal on heritage grounds". Open Menu. "As far as we know there were never any guidelines, never any clear policy or clear criteria. The federal government gave North Sydney Council a $10 million grant from a fund designated as regional, to fix North Sydney pool. That's not my job to know that.

There are no real issues about the need for women's changing facilities as part of our project.
Wedged between Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park, the North Sydney Olympic Pool has been an icon of the harbour for 84 years.But the pool is ageing.

"We're not regional. "The change room facilities for the ladies at Bendigo Thunder are a very small shared space, and it is shared with junior and senior males through the cricket and current football club users," club treasurer Melissa Harrington told 7.30.As a women's football club in a regional area, they appear to have been a prime target for the grant.Ms Harrington said the club would have taken up the opportunity to apply for the grant scheme if it was publicly opened.

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