Today the Derwent Valley Council played host to the current Liberal Government and from reports, each Minister was tackled about current issues facing the Derwent Valley. Among those issues and high on the agenda was Willow Court. The Minister, Matthew Groom who is Minister responsible for, State Growth, Energy and for Environment, Parks and Heritage was accompanied by Councillors, Damian Bester (passionate advocate for Willow Court), Julie Triffett (ex-employee of Willow Court) and Frank Pearce (present committee member of the Friends of Willow Court) and Barry Lathey (past committee member of the Friends of Willow Court). The group today toured the site in its current state. We are looking forward to any response from either Councillors or the Minister on funding or any other ideas that came from this meeting. We can only hope that the past 15 years of little action will cease and some of the efforts put into today will bear fruit.