Urgent Care Centre for Box Hill
Box Hill needs an urgent care centre to make sure everyone has access to free healthcare at any time of the day or night. Many GP clinics in the area don’t offer bulk billing to patients at all. And those that do often only have it available to concession of pension card holders, or to […]
Thin Blue Line A Big Problem
Our police should be there to protect all Victorians. There is no excuse for them to be wearing far right symbols. Full stop. The ‘thin blue line’ patch is associated with violent white supremacy and far right extremism. In America it was flown at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville. It is another appalling […]
Government buys silence on SRL project criticism
The Government has given out around $3 million in grants to community groups, school and charities along the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) in exchange for their public support for the massive transport project. The grant contracts state that the groups that receive them aren’t allowed to criticise the government or the SRL project and must […]
Government Ignores Community on Yan Yean Road Upgrade
The Victorian Government has gone ahead with the upgrade of Yan Yean road, ignoring local community requests to protect their green wedge. Community consultations, held by the government clearly indicated community support support for option C. Option C protects more significant, beautiful red gum trees, preserves a larger portion of the critically endangered swift parrot […]
North East Link Sinkhole
Recently, a sinkhole opened up at one of the North East Link construction sites. The Simpson Army Barracks site was once full of lush habitat for local wildlife including the critically endangered matted flax lily. It was also home to the Studley Park gum and around 200 eastern grey kangaroos. Now the area is a […]
Make Ivanhoe Station Accessible to All
All public transport stations in Victoria should be accessible to all Victorians. Ivanhoe station currently doesn’t have any tactile ground service indicators (the bumpy strips that overlay the yellow lines on stations). These are essential to making train travel safe and accessible to those with visual impairment. A change.org petition has been started to raise […]
Stop Youth Falling Through the Cracks
There has been a reported rise in criminal activity in and around the Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre. Some of which have been attributed to young people who are disconnected and disengaged from their school and community. We know that young people who feel connected to their community. Who are engaged with school, their hobbies, […]
Fund Maroondah Positive Education Network
The Maroondah Positive Education Network enhances the wellbeing and educational outcomes of students across 30 schools in the area. Victoria’s Royal Commission into mental health services identified this program as a select example of mental health programs in education. It was specifically commended and recommended for continuation and scaling up by the commission. So why […]
Eastern Suburbs Creek Parkland
A parks corridor in the North East metro area would create a vibrant network of parks, home to abundant flora, fauna and Aboriginal cultural heritage. It would connect multiple creeks and green wedges, wetlands, floodplains and flora and fauna corridors to reinvigorate nature in the North East metro region, bringing many benefits that come from […]
School Buildings Aren’t Legos
School buildings shouldn’t be constructed like lego bricks. Stacking demountables on top of one another as a ‘temporary solution’ instead of actually investing in quality classrooms will not improve our state’s schools or meet the education needs of our community. School buildings shouldn’t be constructed like lego bricks. Stacking demountables on top of one another […]
