Delivering for Ballarat
Upgrading Community Facilities
The Morrison Government is delivering vital funding to improve liveability and community facilities in the Ballarat electorate.
UPGRADING LOCAL PARKS AND TRAILS
- Clunes trail loop upgrades;
- Daylesford – Coomoora Trail construction;
- Doug Lindsay Recreation Reserve security upgrades;
- Lidgett Street, Bacchus Marsh landscaping works; and
- Sports field, Bacchus Marsh works.
SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES
- Supporting returned soldiers through the Saluting Their Service Program including the Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch and the Discharged LGBTI Veterans Association;
- Backing regional shows including the Clunes and District Agricultural Society in Ballarat
- Supporting local charities with $315,593 in recent community support grants to local charities including:
- The Salvation Army (Victoria) Property Trust;
- The Uniting Church (Victoria and Tasmania);
- Anglicare Victoria;
- Catholic Care Victoria Tasmania;
- The Salvation Army (Victoria) Property Trust;
- The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-operative Limited;
- VincentCare Victoria;
- Anglicare Victoria;
- Australian Multicultural Community Services Inc.;
- CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania;
- Community Information & Support Victoria Inc.;
- Sacred Heart Mission Inc. and
IMPROVING COMMUNITY SAFETY
- $450,000 community safety upgrade for central Ballarat including CCTV cameras
BUSHFIRE SUPPORT
- The Morrison Government is providing $225,000 to the City of Ballarat to support its bushfire mitigation works.

Local roads and community infrastructure funding boost for Ballarat electorate
JMR WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER McCORMACK The Morrison Government has approved funding for 8 projects across the Ballarat electorate as part of its $1.5 billion Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (LRCI Program) which is supporting local jobs, businesses and boosting the economy during COVID-19. Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson

Funding boost for local volunteers in regional Victoria
Eighteen local community groups across the electorates of Ballarat, Bendigo, Corangamite, Corio and Gorton will benefit from a share of $2.7 million from the Morrison Government to support the work of local volunteers. The grants awarded are between $1,000 and $5,000, and will enable local organisations to better support their

Funding flows to shows and field days in Ballarat, Bendigo and Corio electorates
JMR WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER LITTLEPROUD Shows in the electorates of Ballarat, Bendigo and Corio that were cancelled because of COVID-19 are about to get a slice of $34 million Australian Government funding to help ensure they can bounce back next year. Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud and Senator for Victoria