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FRANKSTON MP Paul Edbrooke, Peninsula Health Aboriginal Elder and cultural lead Aunty Helen Bnads, mental health minister Gabrielle Williams, Peninsula Health acting chief executive Helen Cooper, and Peninsula Health board chair Dianna Heggie open the new Tarnbuk Centre. Picture: Supplied
Centre for drug, alcohol, and mental health care opens A NEW centre has opened in Frankston to help patients recover from mental health and drug and alcohol-related problems. The $1.5 million Tarnbuk Centre on Nepean Highway brings together two of Peninsula Health’s existing services - the mental health service and the alcohol and other drugs service. The partnership is designed to improve continuity of care and provide a collaborative working environment for staff. The Tarnbuk Centre includes a wellness clinic, dietetics, exercise physiol-
ogy and music therapy. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the centre would “ensure that more people living in Frankston and on the peninsula can access the mental health, alcohol and drug services and support they need under one roof, closer to home”. Peninsula Health’s acting chief executive, Helen Cooper, welcomed the opening of the centre. “The aim of co-locating these two services is to improve continuity of care for clients and to provide a more collaborative working environment for staff across
both services,” she said. “We have already seen an uplift from staff, who have been working in this building for the past three weeks. “Having a new, contemporary, open and light-filled building provides a much better working environment for staff and will allow us to continue to attract the best people to deliver these services into the future. “Just walking around, you can see the smiles on the faces of our staff and we can tell how much of a difference this new facility has made for them.”
WITH time ticking away until the state election, the Liberals have still not announced a candidate for Frankston. The state election will be held on 26 November. The Liberals have been announcing candidates for state seats throughout the year, but have yet to declare candidates in the key seats of Frankston or Carrum. The two bayside seats were retained by Labor at the 2018 state election, with big swings towards the incumbents. The Liberals’ last Frankston candidate, police officer Michael Lamb, was preselected 15 months before the 2018 election. He was soundly defeated after a trainwreck Sky News interview derailed his campaign. The Liberal Party was contacted for comment. Frankston has been held by Labor’s Paul Edbrooke since 2014. Former Dunkley MP Chris Crewther is running for the Liberals in the seat of Mornington at the state election. Brodie Cowburn
parents and daughters to try out new sports. Frankston Council has received $32,200 for weekly programs for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people or children from culturally diverse backgrounds. Dreamhouse Theatre Company was handed $22,800 to expand its program on the Mornington Peninsula.
Wakakirri next week THE annual Wakakirri StoryDance performance festival comes to Frankston Arts Centre next week. Wakakirri is a long-running program featuring performances from school children. The performances align with the theme “great stories inspire change”. Performances will be held at the Frankston Arts Centre on 23, 24, and 25 August. To buy tickets and see which school is performing on each night visit artscentre.frankston.vic.gov. au/Whats-On/Events-directory/ Wakakirri-2022 STUDENTS perform in Wakakirri. Picture: Supplied
Organisations get funds THREE local organisations have teamed up with VicHealth to receive funding through its JumpStart Program The Australian Sports Foundation’s Strong Women Documentary has received $50,000 through the partnership. The funding will be used to set up two festivals for
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