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Dandenong · DandenongMore weekend services will be added to the popular Dandenong-Chadstone bus route 800, as part of the 2024-’25 State Budget. Dandenong MP and Public and Active Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams posted on Facebook that the route will get Sunday services and extended services. “Buses play an important role in our public transport network, helping to connect Victorians to work, school and each other. “This Budget builds on our investments in…See the Story
State Budget: More bus services to Chadstone
Dandenong · DandenongAdvocacy group Greater South East Melbourne (GSEM) has criticised the State Budget for a lack of investment in the region. Fresh after hosting a jobs and skills summit on 3 May, GSEM chair Simon McKeon said “better direct budget support to help the region’s growth would have been a good budgetary investment”. “The GSEM region is an important economic driver for Victoria. “It is disappointing that there is not greater direct investment in the …See the Story
Budget rebuff for South East
Dandenong · DandenongPremier Jacinta Allan’s first Budget 2024-‘25 is said to be dedicated to helping families. However, much of the budget was a continuation of the 2023-24 Budget projects in the South East such as the hospital upgrades and school capital upgrades. One of the major reliefs to the Greater Dandenong is the $16.5 million fund allocated to Stud Rd for road safety upgrade a push advocated fiercely by the community and mayor of City of Greater Dandenong…See the Story
State Budget: What’s coming for Greater Dandenong
Dandenong · DandenongNoble Park teenager Matt Nelson’s strong form was rewarded with a VFL debut on Sunday against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium. After a strong three-game stretch to start the season for the Bulls, named in the best twice, the Stingrays graduate played for Frankston on Sunday, winning nine possessions and laying two tackles in the Dolphins’ big loss. The younger brother of Luke Nelson, who has plenty of VFL experience at Coburg and is now listed at Carlt…See the Story
Noble’s Nelson makes VFL debut
Dandenong · DandenongSouthern Football Netball League (SFNL) Division 1 side Cranbourne has got its first win of 2024, beating Mordialloc 15.11 101 to 1.2 8 at Ben Kavanagh Reserve. The Eagles put the game away in the first quarter and kept coming hard, crossing the 100-point mark for the first time this season and conceding only a behind after the first break. After a tough first month that has contained an excellent period against reigning premiers Cheltenham, and…See the Story
Eagles on the winner’s list
Dandenong · DandenongPost the State Budget, a South-East support service has renewed hope that funding for its family-violence prevention program will continue. Wellsprings for Women’s six-year program was due to lapse in funding at the end of June. In some heartening Budget news, chief executive Dalal Smiley said Family Safety Victoria had notified Wellsprings that “all lapsing family violence programs across Government have had funding continued”. “For funding…See the Story
Hope for family-violence prevention service
Dandenong · DandenongAs female unemployment remains concerning in the South East region, manufacturing industry representatives are advocating for ways to break down the barriers for women – particularly from culturally diverse communities. Among the options presented at a Greater South East Melbourne (GSEM) summit were adaptive shift hours, promoting manufacturing career options to female students and enlightening employers. In a panel at the GSEM Jobs and Skills S…See the Story
Breaking down barriers for women in manufacturing
Dandenong · DandenongMonash Health has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge over the suicide of a mental-health patient at Casey Hospital, Berwick in 2015. In pleading on 6 May, the health service accepted an earlier sentence indication in the Victorian County Court of a non-conviction and a fine no more than $160,000. Prosecutor Duncan Chisholm told the court that Rebecca Victoria Poke was found unresponsive on 31 August 2015 in a visitors toilet, which ha…See the Story