Richard Wynne MP

Housing Minister Richard Wynne today joined Richmond housing estate residents to celebrate the expansion of Victoria’s oldest community garden.

Mr Wynne said the inner-city residents were the first in the state to create and cultivate their own garden in the 1980s.

“Since then, this wonderful shared garden has helped to establish the roots of a strong and vibrant community spirit here in Richmond,” Mr Wynne said. Read more

Richard Wynne with troupe members at the new home of Circus Oz in Collingwood.

Richard Wynne, State Member for Richmond, and Arts Minister Peter Batchelor tonight visited the Big Top at Birrarung Marr to launch the world premiere of home-grown, internationally-renowned Circus Oz’s latest show See it to Believe it. Read more

Housing Minister and State Member for Richmond Richard Wynne today announced new training and mentoring programs to encourage women to work in the housing sector. Read more

Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, and Member for Northern Metropolitan Region, Jenny Mikakos, would like to invite local seniors to an afternoon tea with ourselves and the Minister for Consumer Affairs, the Hon. Tony Robinson, to learn how Victorian Seniors can protect themselves from scams in the community.

We are pleased to host this information session during which Minister Robinson will give you an update on the latest scams that are occurring right now in our community and what steps you can take to ensure that you are not caught by one of these scammers.

Location: PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

Fitzroy Learning Network, 198 Napier Street FITZROY (Click here for map)

NYCH Collingwood Centre – Meeting Room (The Factory), 365 Hoddle St

Date:

Tuesday 20 October 2009

Time:

2:00pm to 3:00pm

To secure your place, please call 9415 8901 or email richard.wynne@parliament.vic.gov.au by Friday 16 October, 2009.  Given the popularity of these sessions, we would encourage you to RSVP as soon as possible. However, in the event that we reach our capacity, you can register your interest and you will be given priority for our next session.

In the meantime, if you are in doubt about an offer that seems ‘too good to be true’ then we urge you to contact the consumer Help Line on 1300 55 81 81 or contact us for further advice.

Hope to see you there.

A free workshop will be held in Melbourne CBD next month as part of a Brumby Labor Government commitment to improving Victorian women’s financial confidence.

State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne said the free Steps to Securing your Financial Future workshop program were part of Women & Money Month – a Brumby Labor Government initiative designed to help women bridge the wealth gap between males and females. Read more

Thousands of Victorian Prep to Year 10 students across the state have taken up the challenge to read more books with a massive 750,000 books have already been read for this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge.

State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, today visited Fitzroy Primary School to congratulate students and celebrate the school’s participation in this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge. Read more

State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne today urged families from across the Richmond electorate to join forces in a Walk for Harmony to showcase and reaffirm Victoria’s cultural diversity and harmony in Melbourne on Sunday, 12 July.

Mr Wynne said the local community could play an integral part in the walk, to be led by Premier John Brumby through Melbourne’s CBD. Read more

Education is taking centre stage across the state this week as Victoria showcases the great work happening in kindergartens and schools during Education Week celebrations from May 17-23.

The week is a great chance for the community to connect with local schools and kindergartens and see the very best in modern education. Read more

State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, has congratulated the dedicated volunteers in Victorian hospitals, community health centres and ambulance services who have been honoured in the inaugural 2009 Minister for Health Volunteer Awards. Read more

State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, welcomed the inclusion of Jill Gallagher and Ros Beaton to the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll for 2009. Ms Gallagher and Ms Beaton were among 20 inspirational women from across Victoria to be added to the 2009 Honour Roll. Read more