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● Armadale Railway Station. File Photo. ■ Malvern MLA Michael O’Brien this month public transport – the member for Bendigo East; called on the State Government to do some- the member for Williamstown, who is at the table; and the member for Niddrie – nothing has thing about Armadale Railway Station. “In 2016 – that is seven years and four public happened. “If this condemned building was at a major transport ministers ago – the historic delicatessen building at Armadale railway station was railway station in a Labor seat, we would have closed down by Metro Trains Melbourne and seen a response in seven days, not seven years. “My challenge to the new Minister for PubPublic Transport Victoria, apparently because lic and Active Transport is pretty simple: sit it was structurally unsafe,” Mr O’Brien told the down with PTV – your department – sit down Legislative Assembly. with Metro and sit down with Stonnington coun“For seven years now Armadale locals have cil and fix this long-running eyesore at Armadale watched as this heritage building has progres- station. sively deteriorated, literally rotting before their “Demonstrate to my constituents that this goveyes. ernment actually gives a damn about people who “It is a terrible eyesore, but it also serves as a vote Liberal and elect Liberal members to this visual example of the neglect by this Labor Parliament. Government of the people of my electorate, be“Decisions should be made on the basis of cause despite this issue having being raised by merit, not simply on the basis of the political me with three successive Labor ministers for colour of your local MP,” Mr O’Brien said.
Beaumaris parents upset
■ Sandringham MLA Brad Rowswell says kindergarten parents at Beaumaris are upset about Bayside Council’s plans to take over Beaumaris Children’s Playhouse in order to expand the neighbouring council-owned kindergarten. “I met with Children’s Playhouse president Allie Gaunt and kids, together with their mums and their dads. “To say that their demeanour was one of great disappointment is really an understatement. “The Beaumaris Children’s Playhouse has nurtured the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our smallest community members for over 40 years and allows parents and caregivers to lean on
● Brad Rowswell MLA each other and support each other when they most need it. “It delivers an invaluable social connection, and it means something to people both young and old. “I have had countless messages from adult constituents who attended the playhouse over the years – those who attended in the 1980s and 1990s – saying it supported them during a vital developmental stage
of their youth and that they would be tremendously disappointed if the playhouse was split up and relocated to two similar sites. “Bayside Council’s plans are at best an unintended consequence of the government’s supposed free kinder program, a program that those on the ground know is definitely not free. Whatever conversations take place, I want this to be absolutely clear: I support an ongoing and viable Beaumaris Children’s Playhouse and wholeheartedly reject any move by Bayside Council to undermine and destroy this magnificent community organisation for this generation and the next.” Mr Rowswell said.
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