WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW THROUGH VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST
Friday, 22 July 2011 00:44
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet will visit Geelong tomorrow to meet with top renewable energy executives delivering projects worth billions of dollars in local capital investment across South West Victoria. The meeting will be the first roundtable with renewable energy business sector since the announcement of the carbon pollution reduction package.
$168,000 TO FIX BLACK SPOT IN GROVEDALE
Friday, 22 July 2011 00:41
Local Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman today announced the Gillard Labor Government will provide $168,000 to fix a dangerous black spot in Grovedale. $168,000 will be provided to realign the curve, upgrade delineation, improve lighting and apply skid resistant overlay at the intersection of Heyers Road and Burdoo Drive at Grovedale.
DARREN CHEESEMAN COMMITTS TO "SOS PARENTS" AND TORQUAY SCHOOLS
Monday, 28 February 2011 22:16
Today I rise to make my contribution to Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2009-2010 and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-201. I want to particularly focus my contribution on the whole issue of education, schools and preschool funding in a part of my electorate, Torquay and the Surf Coast. This is about funding for the future of our country. It is about providing opportunities for our future citizens and providing a skills base for our economy.
NEW VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT HAS $s TO BUILD A NEW TORQUAY PRIMARY SCHOOL NOW
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 04:27
The new Victorian Government does have the money, can and must accept responsibility to build a new Torquay primary school as soon as possible with the millions of dollars that have been freed from the Victorian Government's Schools Capital budget, Federal MP Darren Cheeseman said today. "Although schools are a Victorian Government responsibility, last year the Federal Government during the Global Financial Crisis spent around $200 million in this region improving primary schooling facilities and saving the Victorian Government millions on what they would normally spend."
NEW FIGURES - WHY TORQUAY NEEDS A NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL NOW!
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 04:17
Alarming new figures on the growth of primary school aged students in the region show all local primary schools will hit capacity next year (2012) and if no commitment to a new primary school is made by the Victorian Government until the next State election, nearly 500 families will be forced to drive into Geelong to find a primary school place for their child. (see tables below) “The figures show the number of children in our local primary schools will jump by over 500 in the next few years”, Darren Cheeseman said.
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