My question is for the Minister for Public Transport, and I ask: when will the minister direct the Department of Transport, together with Metro Trains, to re-examine and re-coordinate the 600, 922, 923 and 822 bus timetables so that bus departures and train arrivals at Sandringham station are effectively coordinated for local commuters? After surveying…
I raise a matter for the attention of the Minister for Public Transport, and the action that I seek is for the minister to provide me with the details of the state government’s current and/or future plans for the infrastructure footprint of Sandringham railway station. The minister will be aware that during the 2019 federal…
At this significant juncture in the economic future of our state, I do not have the opportunity to stand in Parliament and speak on behalf of the Sandringham District Community. Such are the times, and such are the necessary precautions. Yet I make this contribution to the Parliamentary record precisely because the measures the Government…
I rise to congratulate Mrs Ursula McCarthy on her 100th birthday. Ursula was born in Carlton on 28 February 1920, and her connection to Bayside began early. Her family would travel to Sandringham by train in the summer holidays and share a house just off Beach Road. Together with her late husband, Dennis, she retired at Beaumaris in…
I wish to congratulate the recipients of this year’s 2020 Australia Day awards. Strong communities like ours require the ongoing contribution of strong and capable individuals prepared to dedicate their time and their service for the betterment of others. Congratulations to: Bayside City Council Citizen of the Year, Reverend Bruce Corben Young Citizen of the…
My question is for the Minister for Education, and I ask: will the minister guarantee that the upcoming Victorian state budget will provide Beaumaris Secondary College with the funding that is required to complete stage 2 of the college’s school development process? As the minister would be aware, stage 1 of the development process allowed for the…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Health in the other place. The action that I seek is for the minister’s explicit commitment to ensuring that beds and services at Sandringham Hospital will not be cut and instead a commitment to increasing services and capacity at our community hospital. Having previously raised the prospect…
My question is to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Minister, with reference to the level crossing removal at Cheltenham, the existing process in place for consultation between traders, residents and the Level Crossing Removal Authority (LXRA) has failed. Will you assure my community that going forward their needs will actually be listened to and actioned…
On Saturday, 1 February, this year, just after 4.00 am a fire started at Sandringham Primary School. The fire engulfed a significant part of some of the oldest buildings of the school, a school that has served our community continuously for 165 years. Seventy-two hours after the blaze, all students and staff have temporarily relocated to Sandringham East…
Together with the members for Pascoe Vale and Hawthorn, I also rise to pay tribute to one of the great champions of the rights of women and children within the state of Victoria, the Caroline Chisholm Society. It was 50 years ago that Dr Philomena Joshua convened a non-denominational citizen army of volunteers, most of…
