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$20,000 POLITICAL DONATION Happy at Rosebud school
● Chris Brayne, Nepean MLA ■ Designs for the $13.77 million project at Rosebud Primary School have been met with elation, Nepean MLA Chris Brayne told State Parliament last week. “Designs for the new facility were released by Minx Architecture, which were met with excitement and elation from Rosebud Primary School parents, students and teachers,” Mr Brayne said. “The upgrade will deliver modern facilities that will help cater for student growth over the next couple of years. It will include a new senior learning hub and a stateof-the-art gymnasium,” Mr Brayne said.
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Questions in Parliament about Cranbourne MP
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■ CRANBOURNE MLA Pauline Richards received a $20,000 political donation from property developer John Woodman, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission was told last week. The IBAC Inquiry was told that the Mr Woodman increased a political donation to Ms Richards from $5000 to $20,000 after she gave her support for the rezoning of land at Cranbourne West known as C219, ahead of the 2018 state election.
A secret recording of a phone call between Mr Woodman and his consultant Tom Kennessy was played to the inquiry. "The simple fact is you discussed with Mr Woodman that [Pauline Richards] had made a commitment to C219 and because of that commitment he was going to up the ante to $20,000," Counsel assisting IBAC, Michael Tovey QC, said. "It makes it crystal clear that Mr Woodman perceived he was paying for political influence." Lobbyist Phil Staindl replied: "On the basis of that transcript that's probably a fair enough assessment." In State Parliament Opposition Leader
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● Members of the ‘Lodge of Honour’ Masonic Lodge attended the Remembrance Day observance at Frankston last week (Nov. 11). Pictured, from left: Ross Dolbel (Treasurer), CPO Harry Grayson (Secretary), Ian Hatch (Chaplain), David Kelly (Junior Warden). Seated is John Boyer, Navy veteran of Korean War, who served on HMAS Bataan, a Tribal class destroyer. Photo: Frank Bennett and Jerry Spiliotis
● Pauline Richards, Cranbourne MLA Michael O’Brien asked Premier Daniel Andrews about Ms Richards: “Given her political support is for sale to the highest bidder, why does the Premier believe the member for Cranbourne is a fit and proper person to be a government representative on the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee?” Mr Andrews said Ms Richards was an “outstanding person”
$320M PROJECTS SET TO GO
■ HASTINGS MLA Neale BurBURGESS PUSHES gess says Mornington Peninsula These $320 million project consists Council has put forward $320 of: million in ‘shovel ready’ projects ■ $15 m for the Peninsula Bay Trail that are set to go. ■ $17.825 m for Peninsula commuMr Burgess told State Parlia- nity facilities ment last Thursday (Nov. 12) that ■ $10.6 m for the Briars the Shire has listed nine projects ■ $18.5 m for Peninsula pavilions that would create jobs, improve ■ $130 m for road safety $27.3 m for recycled water community facilities and services ■ ■ $2.5 m for Peninsula homelessness and facilitate road safety upgrades package for the benefit of the peninsula. ■ $10 m for better buses ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Footings, garages, v crossings, ★ ★ drives, paths & patios. ★ ★ In plain, colour, slate or stencil. ★ Also drainage, saw cutting, ★ ★ ★ 3T excavator, bobcat & tip trucks. ★ NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL ★ ★ ★ Ring Jim for a free quote ★ ★ ★ 0417 054 198 ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
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