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Mural gives a fresh look By Oliver Winn Millwarra Primary School students injected some life into their campus with a new mural on the library’s outer wall. The idea was sparked by a student who remarked the brown wall was “boring”. Millwarra Primary School wellbeing leader Tianh Syme said the mural made students feel some pride in their school. “Not only did it generate conversation, but you could see their pride in themselves with their chest puffed up a little bit.” Ms Syme contacted paint brand Dulux to pitch the idea to the company, which resulted in the school receiving free paint from the Dulux Community Donation program. Ms Syme said the mural had profound effects on students who previously had struggled with attendance and motivation to show up to school. Turn to page 10 to read more
The mural features the school’s logo, its values, the nearby river and artwork inspired by Indigenous art. (Supplied)
Local budget wins much to welcome when the debt keeps growing and there’s much to advocate for. “The interest that we will pay is $28.9 million every day (in 2028/29), that’s just extraordinary to think we’re paying $10 billion a year in interest, when we know that across the Yarra Ranges there’s so many projects and things that could be done that aren’t being done,” she said. “The quality of our roads and the condition of our roads and our parks, Parks Victoria has kept getting hit and hit and hit with funding cuts, we have people recreating in their own backyard here because it’s
gorgeous and we also have visitors, but we’ve got trestle bridges that are broken or other heritage bridges that just need some additional maintenance. We’re worried about all the hospitals, so now Yea and Alexandra Hospital are coming into Eastern Health…people are worried about what that is going to look like, and I do too, going forward with the services that can be delivered because we know even with Healesville that the services that we want aren’t being delivered.” More details about the budget can be found on pages 4-7
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The Victorian Government handed down its budget for the 2025-26 financial year on Tuesday 20 May with the slogan ‘Focused On What Matters Most’. As the slogan said, the government focused on the cost of living, which currently matters most to Victorians, with a record delivery of $2.3 billion. Yarra Glen Primary School will receive over $520,000 through the 2025-26 round of the Capital Works Fund.
Seville Primary School was named as one of the 13 schools to get a new free kinder built on its premises. The Yellingbo (Liwik Barring) Landscape Conservation Area will be established with $3.8 million in funding allocated. However, the budget also revealed the dark side of Victoria’s financial status. The level of net debt is also expected to continue to rise over the next four years, from $167.6 billion to $194 billion, hitting a record high. Eildon MP Cindy McLeish said there’s not
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