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■ Frankston MLA Paul Edbrooke told State Parliament last week that he was committed to the area. “We committed to the Frankston community what they have been asking for for years this election, and I was very proud to be able to commit to the Frankston & District Basketball Association redevelopment, to some schools as well – Mount Erin College, Overport Primary School, Mahogany Rise Primary School and Aldercourt Primary School, obviously part of that Frankston North cohort,” Mr Edbrooke said. “We also made a commitment to the Scouts in Frankston and also to Frankston Zero, which is a network within Frankston of leadership groups and community leaders aiming to get homelessness on the peninsula down to functional zero in a few years. “We are also improving a
● Paul Edbrooke, Frankston MLA pedestrian crossing near Fletcher Rd and supporting the Frankston Brekky Club, which helps out some of our needy. “Also we committed to a new tech school, a new childcare centre and a new early parenting centre for Indigenous families and children – and a big shout-out to First
Peoples Health and Wellbeing and Nairm Marr Djambana in our patch as well – and that all level crossings would be removed on the Frankston line. That is pretty amazing. “We will continue the progress in Frankston, building that $1.1 billion hospital that some said we could not. “Unfortunately during prepoll we had an incident where a pole driver fell over, and it made the news. No-one was injured, but certainly you cannot deny that something is happening, and we are not building when there is an actual incident on the worksite. “We had plenty of people come into pre-poll – communityminded members – asking, ‘Is everyone okay?’. That was an interesting day on pre-poll. “We are going to continue with Chisholm stage 2, making Frankston again the flagship of Chisholm TAFE and TAFE in general in the south-east.”
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