Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 4 August 2021

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HAWTHORN Football Club and Kingston Council have come to terms on a memorandum of understanding, with ratepayers expected to pay $5 million to the club in exchange for use of an oval and pavilion at its future Dingley training base. Kingston councillors endorsed the MOU at a meeting last week. Council agreed to contribute $5 million to the AFL club’s project subject to two conditions: “a legally binding agreement to confirm funding and community access and use of the community oval and pavilion at the Kennedy Community Centre” and “state government funding being received by Hawthorn Football Club for the project”. The report on the funding prepared by Kingston Council officers read “Hawthorn Football Club is seeking for council to partner in the planned Kennedy Community Centre, located in Dingley. Specifically, the Hawthorn Football Club has identified opportunities for council and the Kingston community to benefit through community access to a new community oval and pavilion facility.” “Hawthorn Football Club has secured a funding commitment of $15 million from the federal government and is expected to provide in excess of

$30 million of its own funding towards the Kennedy Community Centre proposal. In the state budget delivered on 20 May 2021, funding from the Victorian Government was committed to the Kennedy Community Centre, subject to AFLW expansion plans,” the report read. “Hawthorn Football Club has been granted a permit to develop the site and the planning scheme amendment has been approved by the minister with minor variations which are administrative in nature.” Cr Georgina Oxley moved an alternate motion at the meeting to defer a decision until a cost-benefit analysis comparing “the community benefits from direct investment by council into council owned facilities compared to a private facility owned and managed by Hawthorn Football Club” was completed and a formal binding agreement had been reached on the minimum number of hours the community could access the facility. A majority of councillors rejected that idea. The Hawks purchased the 28 hectare site at 370440 Old Dandenong Rd and Lot 1 Grange Rd in 2016. Brodie Cowburn

I’m working hard to ensure that our community’s voice is heard. If I can be of assistance with any federal issue, don’t hesitate to contact me. I am happy to help.

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PLANS for Hawthorn Football Club’s future home in Dingley. Picture: Supplied

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Mentone students among the best TWO Mentone Girls’ Grammar graduates have received a Premier’s VCE Award for their achievements in school last year. Ella Phillips and Emily Dunne received awards for their results in French and Creative Digital Media respectively. Principal of Mentone Girls’ Grammar Natalie Charles said “these results are a testament to fortitude, grace and mastery in a year that was otherwise filled with disruptions and change.” Ms Phillips, who now studies medicine at Monash University while volunteering with the Regional Education Support Network, paid tribute to her peers after receiving the award. “At Mentone Girls’ Grammar, I was surrounded by motivated peers and exceptional teachers who cared not only about my education but also my future. The girls were more than happy to help each other achieve their goals [and] my teachers would sacrifice their own time to go over essays and further explain concepts, which definitely increased my confidence and contributed enormously to my academic success,” she said. Ms Dunne is now studying engineering and science at Monash University. She said she was “very surprised and grateful” to win. “There were group study sessions online, initiated by Year 12 girls, to keep each other motivated, as well as dedicated teachers helping with work outside of class, highlighting the community’s focus on working to lift each other up,” she said. Ms Dunne’s work in 2020 ended up on display at Melbourne Museum.

PREMIER’S VCE Award winners Ella Phillips (left) and Emily Dunne. Pictures: Supplied Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News

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