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Labor looks for learning votes Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au SCHOOLS have been the focus of an election promise blitz by state Labor members this week. Aspendale Primary School came away as the big winners of the week, securing $371,600 in budgeted funding from state Labor. Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson visited the school to share the news. “We’re upgrading schools across Victoria so families can know that no matter where they live they can access a great local school the whole community is proud of,” Mr Richardson said. “This upgrade is about more than giving Aspendale Primary School students the school facilities they deserve, it’s about helping build community pride in a great local school.” The funding will be used for the redevelopment of the playground and library. Patterson River Secondary College also received a boost this week, receiving an $8 million dollar prom-
Funding for Scouts home slammed
School promises: Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny visited Patterson River Secondary College to make an election promise. Picture: Supplied
ise from state Labor to demolish their old administration building and home economics classroom in order to build new facilities in their place. “We’re building and upgrading more than 1,300 schools across the state and only Labor will keep delivering for Victorian families,” Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said. “Patterson River Secondary College is a great local school and only Labor will deliver this massive upgrade to give students and staff the state of the art facilities they need to achieve their best.” Mordialloc College also received a re-election promise from state Labor, with a pledge of $8.5 million made to redevelop their year 8 and year 12 classrooms. Mordialloc and Carrum are both seats marginally held by Labor, and will face strong challenges from Liberal candidates Geoff Gledhill and Donna Bauer respectively. Liberal Carrum candidate Donna Bauer announced on 10 September a $5 million commitment to building a new science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths facility at Carrum Downs Secondary College.
Walk to improve police mental health A THREE-DAY walk to “touch base” with every police station on the Mornington Peninsula is Superintendent Adrian White’s way of getting an important message across to his staff. He wants to encourage police to reflect on and, hopefully, initiate discussions with support groups or seek help to prevent their suffering ongoing mental illness or harm. Superintendent White was planning to cover the 100 kilometres over three days – Friday 12 October to Sunday 14 October – from Carrum Downs police station to Sorrento police station to raise awareness of mental issues that he says are “increasing among our current and former police members”. He said he was completing his walk in his own hours, “travelling and touching base with each station within
Walk the talk: Superintendent Adrian White out on the road for police mental health. Picture: Yanni
the Southern Metro Region Division 4”. The walk ties into the Head-to-Head walk being completed by Chief Commissioner Ashton Graham and a team led by Secretary Sergeant Wayne Gatt from Mallacoota to Melbourne. The overall walk aims to raise more than $500,000 for the Victoria Police provident fund’s new mental health fund and assist the retired peer support officer program. This volunteer group of retired police members supports more than 700 mostly former police experiencing mental health issues, such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, and alcohol and substance abuse. Rather than accept donations or pledges during his walk Superintendent White asked that they be made on the Head-to-Head website. Stephen Taylor
Customer injured at recycling centre A CUSTOMER at the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre has been injured after being struck by machinery at the Skye facility. The female was struck by a loader excavator at 12:30pm on 11 October, and was taken to the Alfred Hospital via an ambulance. She has since been released
from care. WorkSafe were informed and attended the site to begin determining how the incident occurred. Frankston Council CEO Dennis Hovenden put out a statement that said “council has been made aware of an incident involving a person being struck
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“The driver involved is receiving the appropriate support. This is a terrible incident and I would like to offer my sincere apologies to the person involved,” Mr Hovenden said. The recycling centre is back open after closing on the day after the incident.
FRANKSTON councillors have slammed a request by the Carrum Downs Scouts to secure $250,000 to move into a new home. The scouts were seeking the money to move into a new location at a Carrum Downs warehouse, but were promptly shut down at the 1 October council meeting. The scouts’ former home was demolished as part of a redevelopment at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve. Cr Steve Toms said it was “outrageous” to request this amount of money. “There are many scout groups in the city, and quite frankly I find it astounding that one group should ask for such an enormous amount of money,” Cr Toms said. “Scouting is a state government responsibility, scot groups have leasing arrangements with council but that is where it should stop. I am a great believer in the scouts movement, but ratepayers should not be footing the bill of $250,000.” The motion put to council was that they note the request for $250,000 and monitor “the current lease agreement and the Carrum Downs Recreation reserve and provide an extension to enable relocation within a reasonable timeframe.” The motion was carried unanimously. The request was asking council to match the $250,000 in funding provided to the group by the state Labor Government in September.
Big Bonbeach boost THE Labor state government has announced a $2.6 million funding boost for Bonbeach Primary School for the construction of a new early centre for pre-schoolers. The funding is not reliant on the upcoming state election, and is budgeted under the 2018-19 round of the Children’s Facilities Capital Program. The rebuilt preschool will be constructed alongside Bonbeach primary School’s $6.3 million new main school building announced in March. “Three-year-old kinder is the smartest investment we can make and it is something that will have real impact on families right across Victoria, including here in the Carrum electorate,” Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said. “Universal access to three-year-old kinder is an Australian-first and make no mistake, this will change lives.”
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
17 October 2018
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