Tag: state government
Clubs call for a sporting chance
Women’s participation in sport is on the rise, but some facilities in Brimbank are struggling to keep up with the demand.
Albion Football Club under-18...
Scouts scope for growth
Construction has started on a new Scout adventure activity centre for Burnside Heights.
Work on the 600-square-metre hub, which will be located next to Burnside...
Premier pledges 1200 new jobs for the West
Premier Daniel Andrews has promised the creation of more than 1200 jobs in Melbourne’s west in the next five years.
Apprentices, trainees and former auto...
Keilor Primary School set for a $2.24 million upgrade.
Keilor Primary School is set for a multi-million dollar upgrade.
Staff and students at Keilor will soon get a new school building courtesy of a...
Upgrade to rid school of asbestos
Glengala Primary School is set to receive a long-awaited upgrade during the summer months.
The Sunshine school will receive a new permanent modular facility to...
Greens threaten to block Western Distributor
The Greens have threatened to join forces with the state opposition to scuttle the state government’s $5.5 billion Western Distributor unless more information is...
Technology boost for Taylors Lakes Primary
Australian of the Year Professor Alan Mackay-Sim has put science and innovation top of the agenda for 2017 – and Taylors Lakes Primary School...
Green light for soccer facility at Mosaic Reserve
A state-of the art soccer facility will be built in Lalor thanks to a state government grant.
Last week, the government announced that Whittlesea council...
Council return tempts 67 hopefuls
A total of 67 candidates will contest Brimbank’s first election since the council was sacked by the state government seven years ago.
The large number...
Kairouz gets promoted
Member for Koroit Marlene Kairouz was promoted to the state government frontbench today.
Ms Kairouz, a former cabinet secretary, said in a statement it was...
Rates capping “idiotic policy” says key union
The Australian Services Union has described the state government’s Fair Go Rates bill as a “dog’s breakfast”.
The union representing public servants has called on...
Grants keep kindergartens up to speed
Three Brimbank kindergartens will have improved resources thanks to their share of almost $70,000 in state government funding.
The grants are aimed at giving the...
Braybrook schools gain substantial windfall
Four Braybrook schools are among the big winners after the state government allocated an extra $8 million in education funding for 50 of Brimbank’s...
Brimbank council dishonest on rate cap: Hutchins
Brimbank council is misleading the community over the effects of putting a cap on rate rises, Local Government Minister and local MP Natalie Hutchins...
Rate cap will cost Brimbank $29m over five years
The introduction of rate capping will cost Brimbank council almost $30 million over the next five years.
In its submission to the Essential Services Commissions’s...
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Netball competition continues to grow
The Western Netball League is continuing to grow with the league set to have more than 70 teams next season.
Big plans are in place...
