Goldstein Media Releases, Infrastructure, Community, Funding
Availability of rental housing in Bayside should improve under the National Rental Affordability Scheme. The Scheme is designed to assist households on low and moderate incomes who are struggling to find suitable rentals.
The Scheme, aimed to stimulate the construction of 50,000 additional renta... (04-Mar)
Goldstein Media Releases, Environment, Funding
Glen Eira City Council has been allocated $40,000 to undertake a stormwater flood mitigation study as a part of the Government’s Natural Disaster Mitigation Program.
“The Glen Eira study aims to accurately assess the level of flood risk across the municipality, identify priority flood protection ... (04-Mar)
Goldstein Media Releases, Community, Funding
Now is not the time to politicise the building of the Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre, a critical local infrastructure project in Bayside. The State Labor Member for Bentleigh, Rob Hudson, should spend less time playing petty politics and more time supporting such developments.
The Glen Eira ... (26-Feb)
Goldstein Media Releases, Health, Community
Elderly Bayside residents will get no certainty following the release of The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Interim Report on 16 February 2009. Yet, action is long overdue.
“The Rudd Government has spent the better part of 15 months talking of the problems in the sector but has f... (20-Feb)
Goldstein Media Releases, Community
Three young musicians from Bayside helped lift spirits in Parliament House this week where they performed as part of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s tour programme. Rob Mantessi, Amelia Coleman and Sarah Kim successfully auditioned for the highly competitive places in the Orchestra.
The Austral... (12-Feb)
Goldstein Media Releases, Funding, Education and Training
Five local Bayside schools are to benefit from a share in $964,000 under the Australian Governments’ National Secondary School Computer Fund.
The successful schools include three Government schools and two Catholic schools located throughout Bayside suburbs.
“The high level of funding is test... (06-Feb)
Goldstein Media Releases, Community, Funding
Seventeen community groups in Bayside are to share in over $37,000 as part of the Volunteer Grants Program to help fund the activities of volunteers in our community who do so much to make Bayside a great place to live and work.
“The level of funding is a testament to the wonderful work that our ... (14-Jan)
Goldstein Media Releases, Health, Community
With the onset of summer and school holidays fast approaching it is critically important for everyone to be aware of the dangers that both our local beaches and home swimming pools pose to the safety our community, especially children.
“Over summer we can expect a large number of people to take a... (16-Dec)
Goldstein Media Releases, Community, Funding
As part of the Local Sporting Champions (LSC) program, young sportsmen and women in Bayside can apply for financial support to provide much needed assistance when competing at sporting competitions which require long distances to be travelled.
“Within the electorate of Goldstein there will be $9,... (02-Dec)
Goldstein Media Releases, Education and Training
Non-government schools in Bayside, which enrol over 10,000 students, face an uncertain future under changes the Rudd Labor Government is proposing to introduce into Parliament.
“The Labor Party has a long record of attacking funding for non-government schools and this is yet another example of th... (11-Nov)