Tag: state government
School ‘disaster’ looms
Brimbank council will call on the state government for immediate action to prevent a looming education “disaster” in Derrimut.
Despite a huge growth in population,...
Call for ‘risky’ business
A Brimbank councillor has questioned whether the council is taking enough risks with its finances.
The council last week announced an operating surplus of $36.3...
$29 million Sunshine Hospital design revealed
The long-awaited redevelopment of Sunshine Hospital’s emergency department is a step closer.
Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos on Friday released designs for the $29.6 million...
School site in council sights
Brimbank council wants answers from the state government about what will soon become another unused school site.
As previously reported in Star Weekly, Sunshine College...
Funding down the drain
Brimbank council has warned $11 million could be down the drain if further funding isn’t provided for the Upper Stony Creek Transformation Project.
Work on...
State government steps in to ease recycling crisis
Brimbank council has welcomed state government plans to help ease the financial impact of SKM Recycling’s insolvency on councils.
The government will provide a $6.6...
Stony silence on creek funding
Brimbank council says it could be left with an $11.3 million hole in the ground and is in need of urgent state government funding.
The...
Brimbank wins in budget
Transport, infrastructure and education are the major wins for Brimbank in last week’s state budget.
The budget made good on a number of election promises,...
Full steam ahead for leisure hub
Brimbank council may not have received any of the government funding it wants to transform the St Albans Leisure Centre into a state-of-the-art health...
Centre budget blowout
The cost of Brimbank council’s plans to upgrade and redevelop the St Albans Leisure Centre has ballooned to a staggering $60 million.
The revelation follows...
Police numbers bolstered
Brimbank police efforts to stamp out family violence have been given a significant boost – 14 additional family violence specialists.
Police Minister Lisa Neville joined...
Pool plan takes a dive
Brimbank council’s grand plans to redevelop the St Albans Leisure Centre have been dealt a blow.
The council applied for the state government’s $3 million...
Remove our crossings: council
Despite a community petition signed by 3000 locals and a lengthy campaign, three “dangerous” level crossings in Brimbank have so far failed to make...
Watergardens parking fix
Years of parking pain at Watergardens station could soon be over.
The state government has pledged to build more than 500 additional parking spaces at...
Cash boost for social housing
A three-level, seven-unit apartment building will be built in St Albans as part of one of the inner-west’s largest social housing projects.
Housing Choices Australia...
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Reds started strongly
New Sydenham Park coach Milan Batur can’t complain in the early part of the FV state league 1 north-west season.
Batur replaced Goran Lozanovski as...
