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Thursday, May 8. 2008
Victorian Budget Delivers for Growth
Babies and young families, home buyers and services are the big winners in the 2008-09 State Budget, Carlo Carli, Member for Brunswick said today.“New figures released today show we are in the middle of a baby boom,” Mr. Carli said.
“Over 73,700 births recorded last year – the highest since 1971 and we are rolling out initiatives to make sure families have the services they need for their children.”
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Friday, April 11. 2008
Relationships Register a landmark success
Unmarried heterosexual and same-sex couples will be able to register their relationships for the first time in Victoria under landmark reforms passed in Parliament today.
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Friday, February 8. 2008
Route 96 gets five new "super" trams
Five new "super" trams carrying 1200 people will be allocated to the trams to Route 96 recognising the popularity of the service with local commuters.While growth in public transport patronage is a positive trend, tram travel on this route has become a little squashy in recent months.
Introducing more capacity onto Route 96 should address community concerns about overcrowding, and could have flow on benefits for congestion on local roads.
The trams are equivalent in size to the longest trams currently operating in Melbourne and can carry about 240 passengers at a time. The changes to tram allocation on Route 96 also mean that this route will now be serviced entirely by low-floor trams, significantly improving accessibility for passengers.
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Wednesday, January 16. 2008
Eco Living Centre Funded at CERES
CERES Community Environment Park has received a $180,000 Eco Living Grant from the Victorian Government to refurbish the CERES EcoHouse and empower the community to respond to climate change.
CERES will be one of seven Eco Living Centres will be developed across the state for local residents to experience sustainability in action and learn how to apply sustainable measures at home.
With this funding, the CERES EcoHouse will be better placed to support the community by providing local programs and encouraging individuals to take action on climate change in their everyday lives.
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Tuesday, January 8. 2008
Extra Bus Services for Moreland Road
510 Bus along Moreland Road - more services from Jan 21
From Monday, January 21, an extra 75 services a week and extended hours would mean more flexible travel options for people in Brunswick and Coburg.
The extra bus services will provide people with greater ability to travel to work, visit family and friends and access to the metropolitan train network.
For the first time Route 510 will run until 9pm on weekdays, Saturdays and Sunday with Saturday-timetabled services operating on public holidays, and Sunday-timetabled services operating on Christmas Day and Good Friday.
In addition to 42 new Sunday services, there will be 25 extra services throughout the week and eight extra Saturday services, providing improved transport options seven days-a-week.
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Thursday, December 20. 2007
Schools to have children centres under $38M plan
Applications have been called for the Government’s $38.56 million boost to the state’s early childhood services, which will include refurbishments for childcare centres and kindergartens and new ‘one-stop shop’ children centres at schools.
Victoria is experiencing the biggest baby boom in 35 years – which is why investment in quality early childhood services and infrastructure is so important.
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Monday, December 17. 2007
Christmas comes early for CERES Community Centre
Christmas has come early for the CERES Centre in East Brunswick thanks to an $800,000 funding boost from the Victorian Government, the Member for Brunswick, Carlo Carli announced today.
Carlo said CERES would receive a Victorian Community Support Grant to progress stage two developments of the CERES Community Environment Park, adding three community buildings, courtyards, landscaped gardens and accessible walkways.
Good quality community facilities are a common feature of happy, healthy and strong communities and the Victorian Government is delighted to be investing in this wonderful project,
The new development will comprise 12 indoor community workshop/meeting spaces for multipurpose use, a commercial kitchen, organic café and outdoor landscaped areas that can be used as a gathering space for concerts and festivals.
Our funding will ensure that CERES continues to play an important role in raising awareness of how we can each make a real difference to the environmental and social issues facing urban areas.
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Friday, December 14. 2007
Carlo Carli congratulates Brunswick rockers
The Member for Brunswick, Carlo Carli MP, congratulates local recipients of Arts Victoria’s Victoria Rocks program.
“I am trilled to see Labor’s commitment to the new Victoria Rocks program come to fruition,” he said.
“Labor is committed to helping to support musicians and artists involved in Melbourne’s thriving live music scene get ahead.”
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Thursday, December 13. 2007
2007 Legislative Achievements in Victoria
More than 90 bills were considered in Parliament this year and 74 bills were passed, as the Victorian Government got to work on implementing its election promises and continued to set the agenda for the future on important issues like the environment.Parliament has passed a number of key bills in 2007, ensuring that Victoria continued to lead Australia in a number of areas. These include:
- The Victorian Energy Efficiency Bill, which will introduce energy efficiency targets for energy retailers to meet and will provide incentives for homeowners to save energy;
- The Infertility Treatment Bill – keeping Victoria at the forefront of medical research by allowing scientists to carry out stem cell research and to continue to pioneer new medical treatments for diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s;
- Increasing the assistance for Victims of crime and increasing sentences for a number of offences, including possessing a prohibited or controlled weapon;
- Strengthening the laws on DNA and enabling use of a national database;
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Thursday, December 6. 2007
Reforms make FOI Access Cheaper and Easier
The State Government has introduced reforms to make public access to information easier as the number of Freedom of Information requests in Victoria reaches record levels.
FoI applications will be free to lodge under reforms introduced in State Parliament by the Government last month.
The reforms will also increase information provided on the Internet about Government functions.
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Tuesday, October 9. 2007
Stage 3a Water Restrictions Remain
Maintaining Stage 3a water restrictions is a relief to the community and particularly community sport. The continuation of Stage 3a restrictions provides Melburnians with greater certainty over the next nine months while maintaining the existing savings by households, industry and the wider community.
Under Stage 3a water restrictions:
- A manual dripper system, hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a watering can and a bucket can be used to water gardens as required on specified watering days between 6am - 8am*.
- An automatic dripper system can be used to water as required on specific watering days between midnight - 2am*.
- Cars can be washed at a commercial car wash. A bucket filled from a tap can be used to clean windows, mirrors and lights; and spot-remove corrosive substances.
- One in four sports grounds can be watered. Councils must complete a water conservation plan and ensure water use on these sports grounds is cut back by an additional 25 per cent.
More details about the Stage 3a water restrictions are available at www.ourwater.vic.gov.au
Tuesday, June 19. 2007
Boosting Victoria's Water
The Bracks Labor Government has announced a $4.9 billion plan to boost Victoria's water infrastructure, responding to the drought and climate change. Over the next five years the Government will
- build Australia’s largest desalination plant
- modernise irrigation systems in Victoria’s food bowl to capture lost water
- expand Victoria’s Water Grid – the network of rivers, channels and pipes linking our major water systems
- provide more water for regional centres including Geelong, Westernport, South Gippsland and Hamilton
- upgrade Melbourne’s Eastern Treatment Plant to provide more high grade recycled water
- support new and existing water conservation programs for Victorian homes and industry.
Carlo's press realease is over the fold.
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Thursday, June 14. 2007
Safer access to Upfield shared bicycle path
Lights to boost safety on the Upfield Shared Bicycle Path have been switched on by Member for Brunswick, Carlo Carli.
Mr Carli switched on new pedestrian signals at the Dawson Street rail level crossing, west of Saxon Street. The lights will give pedestrians and cyclists who use the Upfield bike path a safer way of crossing Dawson Street.
This path is used by nearly 500 recreational riders and commuters every day, and the new lights will make it safer for everyone to access the bike path. The new lights will also improve safety for students, staff and parents at St Ambrose Primary School on Dawson Street.
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Wednesday, June 13. 2007
Funding for ground breaking Football study
Melbourne’s north could be home to a new premier league football facility with funding for a new study. Carlo Carli MP announced details of a ground breaking study into football (soccer) facilities across the north west region of metropolitan Melbourne at the football forum - a meeting of Moreland based football clubs at Dunstan Reserve in Brunswick West.$60,000 has been provided by the State Government to enable Moreland, Moonee Valley and Hume Councils to consider and adopt a regional approach for the provision of premier league football facilities (soccer) in the north-west region of Melbourne.
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Thursday, April 26. 2007
Science and Maths Boost for Brunswick Schools
Nine primary and two secondary schools in the Brunswick electorate will share in the Bracks Government’s $11.1 million maths and science school equipment upgrade.Mr. Carli said all Victorian Government schools have received a grant.
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