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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2023
FIX MAJOR ROADS: MP
■ Rowville MLA Kim Wells has toild State Parliament that local major roads need to be fixed. “My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety [Melissa Horne]. Minister, with the upcoming Aston by-election, when will the state government fix the major roads – namely Lysterfield, Wellington, Napoleon and Ferntree Gully Roads – in the electorate
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of Rowville? This is an ongoing serious issue affecting all residents in Rowville, who are sick and tired of the potholes, the road surfacing breaking up and becoming dangerous and drivers driving on the shoulders of roads to avoid potholes, which is even more dangerous.” Mr Wells said the Andrews Labor Government did nothing despite being allocated $150 million by the previous Federal Government.
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● The Local Paper photographer snapped a busy group at Beejans Cafe, Walpole St, Kew, on Friday (Feb. 24). From left: John Gilmour, Mary Murphy, Allan Paull, Kevin Trask, David Susskind, Philip Brady, Elinor Buckley, Edna Thomas and Grant Brown. The ‘Brady Bunch’ group come together with convenor Philip Brady, 3AW’s Remember When co-host.
HOSPITAL BOAST
■ Bayswater MLA Jackson Taylor boasted in State Parliament about the state of hospitals in the eastern suburbs. “The outer east deserves nothing less than world-class health care close to home, so alongside the new public aged care facility in Wantirna and our expansion of the Angliss beginning this year – major construction – the rebuild of Maroondah will mean that our community have access to all the care they need close to home. “My constituency question is to the Minister for Health Infrastructure: what are the next steps for the promise we made to rebuild Maroondah Hospital – the new Queen Elizabeth II – from the ground up? “We promised a Labor Government would invest up to $1.05 billion in the new hospital, and that is exactly what we are going to do. “The new hospital will include a new emergency department, new operating theatres, day procedure facilities, specialist care spaces and a new mental health hub.
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0458 323 167 ● Jackson Taylor, Bayswater MLA “It will also feature an expanded medical imaging unit and two six-storey inpatient towers housing more than 200 extra beds. “We have recruited and trained thousands of extra healthcare workers since coming to government; we will recruit and train 24,000 more. “We have made nurse and midwifery degrees free, and we are building the health infrastructure the east not only needs but absolutely well and truly deserves.”