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Local Schools
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Great new buildings for Mentone Primary School, Mordialloc Primary School, Mentone Girls' Secondary College, Cheltenham Secondary College and Parkdale Secondary College
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IT funding for schools $100,834 to provide broadband access and boost computers
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Parkdale Secondary College now has $8,913,000 to spend on modernization - classrooms, science, staff administration, arts and technology buildings
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Toilet upgrades for littlies at Parkdale, Mordialloc and Dingley Primary schools.
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Parkdale Primary, Dingley Primary and Spring Valley Primary have now been invited into Building Futures Stage 2, to plan for building works for their schools, so that the excellence of their buildings and facilities can match the excellence of the education they provide for our children.
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And now, in addition to tech wing upgrades worth nearly $180,000 for Cheltenham, Parkdale and Mentone Girls' Secondary Colleges, the Brumby Labor Government's 2008-2009 Budget is providing funding for Mentone Park and Cheltenham East Primary Schools to upgrade existing buildings.
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& Lollipop Supervisors to assist our local school children to safely cross the road on the crossing at Nepean Highway Cheltenham near Station Street
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Provision of high speed fibre optic broadband to every State Government school
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Introduction of Free Fruit Fridays for healthy snacks at Kingswood, Parkdale & Parktone Primary Schools
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Kinder/child care centre/out of school hours care extension of services across the electorate, $81,165 to help out working families
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Jacks Avenue Kindergarten has received nearly $80,000 to upgrade its buildings and Mordialloc Community Centre received $67,000 for outdoor children's play equipment
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40km Speed Zones at our local Schools
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Installation of disabled toilets at Spring Valley Primary
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Mod grass to come for the oval at Mentone Primary
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Our Health
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Moorabbin campus of Monash Medical Centre has received $460,000 as their share of a $3.7 million allocation to Southern Health which will enable the hospital to update and replace 67 ward beds and a patient bariatric hoist
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Over $3 million expansion of elective surgery facilities at Moorabbin Hospital
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Moorabbin Hospital has received $19 million for 2 new radiotherapy bunker & linear accelerators. Already installed and working
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Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin Campus has received $1.8 million for their renal dialysis service
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Monash Medical Centre $8.8 million allocated for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine & pregnancy assessment unit
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Kingston Centre is undergoing major rebuilding works with a $25.5 million kitchen upgrade & associated works, and now in the 2008 state budget a further $45 million new 64-bed sub-acute ward to provide new patient treatment facilities, including a new hydrotherapy pool
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Central Bayside Community Health Centre has received $161,408 for our local public dental clinics to reduce our local dental treatment wait times
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& ongoing extra funding for more physiotherapists at Central Bayside Community Health Services
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A new emergency department at Monash Medical Centre Clayton and plans are underway for a new pediatric centre
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Funding has been provided in partnership with the Butterfly Foundation and a new eating disorders day clinic is now operating through Southern Health
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$400,000 has been provided for our new ambulance station in Mordialloc, already up and operating for our local community and Cheltenham ambulance station is now being upgraded with new state of the art facilities
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On the second anniversary of Nurse On Call 14,443 local residents had received help & advice from the service
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Roads, trains and buses
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Local bus services have been upgraded to operate:
- 6am-9pm on weekdays;
- 8am-9pm on Saturdays and public holidays; and
- 9am-9pm on Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday.
For:
- Route 708 Hampton to Carrum - 94 extra trips / week
- Route 767 Southland to Box Hill - 110 extra trips / week
- Route 811 Dandenong to Brighton - 84 extra trips / week
- Route 812 Dandenong to Brighton - 104 extra trips / week
A great boost for passengers on the 811 and 812, to connect them to the metro rail network. And residents of Dingley Village who now have Sunday services for the first time
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Nightrider bus services will be doubled from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes, to provide a safe and secure way home
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Black spot funding to help make the corner of Warrigal and Keys Road in Moorabbin safer
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A new bus stop at Waterways
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New Pedestrian Railway Crossing at Antibes Street Parkdale, great for the parents and children of Parkdale Pre-School to use to cross the train line safely on the way to kinder and the shops
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Upgrades to Pedestrian Railway Crossings at Alameda Street Parkdale, Mitchell Street Mentone and White Street Mordialloc, all heavily used by local students going to school and local residents during the day
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Realignment of Tootal Road in Dingley to link with existing roundabout at the intersection of Old Dandenong & Centre Dandenong Road
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Beautification and improvement works at Mentone Train Station forecourt. Congratulations to Friends of Mentone Train Station for all their great work
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'Pride of Place' funding to beautify and renovate the Mentone Train Station forecourt
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Extra Staff at Mentone Train Station...now manned first to last train & PREMIUM STATION STATUS, $400,000 per year ongoing AND UPGRADES worth over $600,000
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Mentone Station Heritage Council - added to the register for historical & architectural significance, early metropolitan railway station
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& hot off the press Mentone Station and Gardens Inc has just received the Judges Special Commendation Award from Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria in the Community Group Working With Government Section
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$8.2 million to rebuild the Mordialloc Bridge on Nepean Highway
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$24.5 million for South Road extension & associated road works
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Increased hours for control tower operators at Moorabbin Airport to assist trainee pilots and ensure the safety of nearby residents
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Cheltenham Train Station - Park and Ride program to provide approx 55 more car parking spaces
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Bollards installed on the corner of Charman & Balcombe Rds for the safety of local shopkeepers and students of Mentone Girls secondary College
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Governor Road Braeside, $814,000 for completed road works to provide right hand turn lanes for traffic turning into Crawford Street and Industrial Drive from Governor Road Braeside
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Waterways traffic lights at the entrance/exit to Waterways from Springvale Road
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Right hand turn signal installed at the intersection of Nepean Highway and Parkers Road
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Oak Ave improvement works
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Mordialloc: Bay to Rail Precinct Plan $385,000 to connect Mordialloc Train Station with the bay
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$5 million has been allocated and plans are being drawn up by Vic Roads to install traffic lights at the intersection of Lower Dandenong Road and Boundary Road
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Caring for our environment
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A litter trap has been constructed at Mordialloc Creek to prevent rubbish flowing to Port Phillip Bay, over 30 truck loads a year
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A beautiful new 15 hectare lake and surrounding parkland at Karkarook Park in Heatherton has been constructed for community recreation
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Technical investigations have concluded into the removal of the ugly old pipes on Mentone Beach and Melbourne Water has drawn up preferred models after community consultation
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Sand renourishment of Mentone Beach has been completed
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Waters Saving Rebates have been paid to almost 3,000 local homes
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Aquatics & Recreation Victoria has allocated a $71,000 grant at Waves Leisure Centre for research and analysis of water use in aquatic facilities, with the intention of developing industry wide strategies and benchmarks for the most efficient use of water.
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Braeside Park Inc $5,910 for the Braeside Park Waterway Restoration Project - Stage 2
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Braeside Park Salinity Revegetation Project ... revegetation complimenting natural regeneration $2,872
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Drought Relief Funding $90,000 for the City of Kingston, with a $40,000 Warm Season Grass Changeover Program for our local sports grounds
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Mordialloc creek stage 3, $20,000 Corridors of Green grants program rehabilitation/linking remnant vegetation program
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Mordialloc Pier $500,000 in the 2008 state budget to repair and redevelop Pier and boat facilities
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Safety buffer piles installed at Mordialloc Creek from the $28,000 Boating Safety & Facilities program
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Public Place Recycling Grants to the City of Kingston, 60 tonnes of rubbish recovered annually
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Community Safety
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Opening of Mordialloc Police Station
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Mordialloc Police Station received $20,000 in the 2008 state budget to upgrade security systems
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New $27 million Moorabbin Justice Centre opened , to give improved community access to VCAT, children's courts and magistrates courts
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State of the art new Police Station in Springvale has opened
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Sport
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Mordialloc Bowling Club has received $60,000 under the Sustainable Greens program for a new synthetic grass bowling green. Water smart
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Mordialloc Life Saving Club $6,000 under the Community Safety Emergency Support program
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& over $8,000 to local clubs such as the Dingley Junior Football Club under the Sporting Uniform Grants program
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Drought Relief Funding $90,000 to the City of Kingston, $40,000 for the Warm Season Grass Changeover Program
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Southern Fly Fishers $12,000 to improve the 20m casting pool & surrounding path at the Turner Road Reserve, Highett
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Under the Boating Safety & Facilities & the Community Safety Emergency Support programs more than $22,000 has been allocated to Mentone & Mordialloc life saving clubs and to Mordialloc Sailing Club and the Parkdale Yacht club
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Thriving Communities
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Construction of the new Dingley Library
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Local public libraries have received $694,557 as part of a $35.12m investment in our public libraries
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$250,000 has been provided towards the construction of a new Children's Centre in Highett
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& $289,000 in partnership with Kingston Council has built the redevelopment of the Mordialloc Community & Youth Centre, providing disabled and pram access and wonderful new facilities for the 1500 families who use the centre each week
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The Restoring Community War Memorials Grants Program has provided funding to restore the Parkdale Memorial Obelisk - the Mentone World War I Memorial Gateway. Work has also been done at the Chelsea & Cheltenham Moorabbin RSL sub-branches, and the Heatherton War Memorial.
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Nearly $500,000 has been granted to local ethnic community groups to support projects such as building & facilities improvements, to support the work of seniors groups & to assist with organizational support
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Dingley Village Neighbourhood Centre has received $8,000 under the Disability Access Grants program & $24,972 for the upgrade of the Harold Box hall
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Introduction of interim controls & building height limits Mordialloc Pride of the Bay Structure Plan to help keep what we love about our local area
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& I have written submissions on behalf of our local community on a number of issues such as Alex Fraser applications for concrete crusher plants in our green wedge and the 2030 discussion paper. Available from my office on request
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Thriving local business
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Over $300,000 in support grants to local business, for example: Mancine Cosmetics $10,625, under the Grow Your Business program. Oasis Tension Structures P/L $14,000 under the First Step Exporter program, Australian Eatwell Pty Ltd $12,312 under the Enterprise Improvement program, Gourmet Nuts $11,500 under the Small Business program, Mentone Chamber of Commerce $12,000 under the StreetLife program
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Over $300,000 in support grants to local business, for example: Mancine Cosmetics $10,625, under the Grow Your Business program. Oasis Tension Structures P/L $14,000 under the First Step Exporter program, Australian Eatwell Pty Ltd $12,312 under the Enterprise Improvement program, Gourmet Nuts $11,500 under the Small Business program, Mentone Chamber of Commerce $12,000 under the StreetLife program
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