Articles from November, 2008
MAJOR INVESTMENT IN CLIFTON HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, today announced that Clifton Hill Primary School has been selected for inclusion in the Better Schools Today program.
Better Schools Today (BST) is a grants program offering up to $500,000 to schools to upgrade existing facilities. In the past schools have used this money to modernise classrooms, staff and administrative areas, as well as improve indoor and outdoor teaching spaces.
Once announced the schools will work with the regional and central offices of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to define budget, scope and plan the works.
ACADEMY OF MARY IMMACULATE RECEIVES VIC HERITAGE GRANTS
I am pleased to announce that $7,000 has been allocated to the Academy of Mary Immaculate, located in Fitzroy, as part of the Victorian Government’s Victoria’s Heritage: Strengthening our Communities grant program.
The program funds projects to repair, conserve, and interpret heritage places and objects of importance to the community. It also provides funding to preserve and provide access to important community collections.
LOCAL TAC COMMUNITY GRANTS BOOST ROAD SAFETY EFFORT
The Fitzroy Learning Network has been given more resources to keep local roads safer.
State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, today announced that the Fitzroy Learning Network would be supported under Round 3 of the TAC’s new $4 million community road safety program. Seventeen projects will receive a total of $300,000 to make Victoria’s roads safer.
“Local communities are often best placed to find new opportunities to reduce road accidents in the local area,” Mr Wynne said. Read more
CHOOSING AN ENERGY DEAL NOW EVEN EASIER IN RICHMOND ELECTORATE
State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, today said that residents in the Richmond electorate would benefit from an information campaign aimed at helping Victorians choose the best deal on their electricity and gas bills.
VICTORIA TOPS THE LIST AS A LOCATION FOR RENEWABLES
An independent national report on renewable energy has given Victoria top marks as a location for clean energy investment.
The assessment of the Federal Government’s Mandatory Renewable Energy Target scheme is further recognition of Victoria’s leadership on tackling climate change. Read more
$150,000 ANNOUNCED FOR AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP UPGRADE
State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, helped launch plans for a $1.1 million upgrade to the Australian Print Workshop (APW) and announced a $150,000 contribution from the Brumby Government.
VICTORIAN LEADS THE WAY ON REDUCING PLASTIC BAGS
Victoria’s trial to reduce the use of plastic bags has lead the way to a national approach to tackling plastic bags.
Victoria’s trial in partnership with supermarkets and the Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA) of a 10 cent charge on plastics bags in three sites had achieved a 79 per cent reduction in plastic bag use. Read more
VICTORIAN SCHOOLS GET HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND BOOST
All Victorian Government schools will undergo a major broadband upgrade to increase their high-speed broadband capacity from four to 10 megabits-per-second, putting Victorian schools at the leading edge of the nation’s digital education revolution.
State Member for Richmond, Richard Wynne, Premier John Brumby, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike announced the upgrade at Richmond Primary School during an interactive blogging lesson with students at Hawkesdale P-12 College more than 280 kilometres away.