Electorate Achievements

I am dedicated to making Clayton electorate the best it can be. Since my election into office in 1996, I have focused on building stronger local  communities and boosting vital areas such as health, safety and education. Below is a list of some of the achievements and changes over the years that have affected Clayton electorate.

EDUCATION

Reducing Class Sizes and Boosting Resources

In 2009 there were 3047 students at government schools in the Clayton electorate (a 20.3% decrease since 1999).

As at June 2009, the number of teaching and administrative staff in government schools in Clayton was 306.7 FTE. This is a 13.7% decrease since 1999.

Investment in Local Schools

Since 1999, $36.5 million has been invested in government schools in the Clayton electorate. Of this investment, $15 million has been provided by the federal government for projects delivered by the state government.

Some of the improvements to local schools in the Clayton electorate include:

  • Clarinda Primary School: National School Pride Round 1 (Refurbish some classroom facilities, replacement shade/play areas, office refurbishment). Federally funded project.
  • Clarinda Primary School: Primary Schools for the 21st Century Round 2 (Library and Learning Neighbourhood). Federally funded project.
  • Clarinda Primary School $6,000 – 2010 Go For Your Life Healthy Start in Schools
  • Clayton North Primary School: National School Pride Round 1 (Refurbishment of Multipurpose room and Art room). Federally funded project.
  • Clayton North Primary School: Modernisation (Stage 3 – 3 General Purpose Classrooms, Staff Work Space, Canteen & Student Toilets). Project cost $876,000 (Federal contribution of $320,000) approved in 2004/05.
  • Clayton North Primary School: Modernisation (General Purpose Classrooms, Library, Multi Purpose, Canteen). Project cost $990,000 (Federal contribution of $300,000) approved in 2000/01.
  • Clayton North Primary School: National School Pride Round 1 (Refurbishment of classrooms) Federally funded project.
  • Clayton North Primary School: National School Pride Round 1 (Upgrade of hard surface play areas, shade sail installation and installation of Interactive White Boards). Federally funded project.
  • Clayton South Primary School: Primary Schools for the 21st Century Round 1 (Multipurpose Centre). Federally funded project.
  • Clayton South Primary School $6,000 – 2010 Go For Your Life Healthy Start in Schools
  • Huntingdale Primary School: National School Pride Round 1 (Inside/Outside Learning Centre Expansion). Federally funded project.
  • Huntingdale Primary School: Primary Schools for the 21st Century Round 1 (Multipurpose Centre). Federally funded project.
  • John Monash Science School: Sir John Monash Science School (New School). Project cost $20,000,000 approved in 2008/09.
  • Monash Secondary College: Computer POD. Project cost $39,540 approved in 2001/02.
  • Oakleigh South Primary School: National School Pride Round 1 (Hall Refurbishment). Federally funded project.
  • Oakleigh South Primary School: Primary Schools for the 21st Century Round 1 (Library and Learning Neighbourhood). Federally funded project.
  • Oakleigh South Primary School $6,000 – 2010 Go For Your Life Healthy Start in Schools
  • South Oakleigh Secondary College: National School Pride Round 1 (Synthetic turf play area). Federally funded project.
  • South Oakleigh Secondary College: Computer POD. Project cost $58,860 approved in 2001/02.
  • South Oakleigh Secondary College. Modernisation (Provision of Asphalt Hard Court Area). Project cost $40,000 approved in 2000/01.
  • Springvale West Primary School: National School Pride Round 2 (School Refurbishment). Federally funded project.
  • Westall Primary School: National School Pride Roudn 1 (Westall Modification). Federally funded project.
  • Westall Primary School: Primary Schools for the 21st Century Round 1 (Library and Learning Neighbourhood). Federally funded project.
  • Westall Secondary College: National School Pride Round 1 (Replace shade cloth, playground weatherproof decking area, build bike shed, gates, fencing.) Federally funded project.
  • Westall Secondary College: Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools (New Construction of Science/Language Centre). Federally funded project.
  • Westall Secondary College: Computer POD. Project cost $65,400 approved in 2001/02.
 
 
 


HEALTH

The Brumby Government wants every Victorian to have access to high quality health care when and where they ened it. The government is working to improve our hospitals and has boosted the number of nurses in our hospitals by more than 10,000

Boosting Nurse Numbers

  • Southern Health – increased by 1360 from 2417 in 1999 to 3777 in 2009 (a 56.2% increase)

Boosting Hospital Budgets

  • Southern Health – increased from $286.28 million in 1999/00 to $698.55 million in 2009/00 (a 144% increase)

Improving Local Hospitals

Southern Health

  • Kingston Centre (Redevelopment – Stage 2) – total investment $45 milllion
  • Kingston Centre (Clayton and Parkdale CRC Pathways) – total investment $1 milllion
  • Kingston Centre (Kingston Centre – Kitchen Upgrade and Associated Works) – total investment $25.5 milllion
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) – total investment $4 million
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Pregnancy Assessment Unit) – total investment $4.8 million
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Children’s Facility Planning and Development) – total investment $2 million
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Paediatric Intensive Care Services) – total investment $4.15 million
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (2010 Expansion of existing paediatric services)  increasing paediatric beds & neonatal intensive care cots – total investment of $10.987 million includes $250,000 for the refurbishment of Ronald McDonald House Family Room
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Emergency Department Redevelopment) – total investment $10 million
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin Operating Theatre) – total investment $3 milllion
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin Radiotherapy) – total investment $19 million
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin diagnostic imaging service) – total investment $3.3 million – September 2010
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Anaesthetic workstation and monitor system for the operating suite and another for the MRI department) – total investment $174,000 – September 2010
  • Monash Medical Centre – Clayton (Kingston Centre) – total investment $200,000 for 50 fully adjustable electric beds, which are ergonomically designed to provide safety and comfort for both patients and staff – September 2010

Nurse numbers as at June 2009
Recurrent budgets as at 09/10 financial year
Capital Investment as at 09/10 State Budget

 
 
 


TRANSPORT

The State Labor Government has invested in road projects across Victoria. This includes investment in the Local Government Areas in the Clayton electorate.

  • Since 1999, the Victorian Government has invested over $180.81m in roads in the City Of Greater Dandenong.
  • Since 1999, the Victorian Government has invested over $81.14m in roads in the City Of Kingston.
  • Since 1999, the Victorian Government has invested over $289.22m in roads in the City Of Monash.

Road Funding to 27 August 2009

Some of the Road construction projects in the Region that includes Clayton are:

  • Duplication of Cranbourne – Frankston Road in Langwarrin
  • South Road Extension from Warrigal Road to Old Dandenong Road
  • 2010 – $426,000 for the Knight Street / Centre Road Pedestrian Crossing

Boosting Rail Services

  • There have been 160 additional weekly services added on the Pakenham/Cranbourne line since 1999
  • $1 million allocated in 2010 budget to investigate road / rail separation options along the Dandenong Rail Corridor as part of the Victorian Transport Plan commitment to the Separating Roads and Rail Lines Program

Improvements to Local Train Stations include

  • $153 million to rebuild the Westall rail station, extra track between Springvale Road and Centre Road for new services to commence from Westall. This also includes 80+ car park spaces
  • Funding to upgrade Westall station to Premium status – fully staffed from first to last train.
  • Huntingdale Station carpark has been extended

Boosting Bus Services

  • Secured eight new bus routes, a new SmartBus and 10 extended bus services throughout the south eastern suburbs at a cost of more than $40 million.
  • New SmartBus route along Springvale Road between Chelsea and Airport West
  • Three SmartBus routes now travel the electorate.
 

 

 

Since 1999 the State Labor Government has boosted police serving local communities. This has helped to drive the crime rate to record lows across Victoria.

Victorian police numbers have risen from 9,347 in 1999 to over 11,000 with a budgeted increase to more than 13.000 by June 2015.

In Police Service Areas covering the Clayton electorate there are more uniform police and crime rates have fallen.

More Uniform Police

  • In the Dandenong Police Service Area the number of front line police has increased by 24.6% since 1999.
  • In the Kingston Police Service Area the number of front line police has increased by 18.1% since 1999.
  • In the Monash Police Service Area the number of front line police has increased by 3.2% since 1999.

Lower Crime Rates

  • Since 2000/01 the crime rate in the Dandenong Police Service Area has fallen by 28.2%.
  • Since 2000/01 the crime rate in the Kingston Police Service Area has fallen by 35.6%.
  • Since 2000/01 the crime rate in the Monash Police Service Area has fallen by 34%.

Improving Police Infrastructure

  • The old Springvale Police Station has been replaced with a new state of the art police station

Police numbers as at 27 November 1999 and 30 June 2009
Crime figures 2000/014 and 2008/09 financial years
Police infrastructure as at August 2009

 
 
 


COMMUNITY

  • Lobbied for funding for the new Clayton Community Centre to the amount of 8.1 million dollars (inclusive of MonashLink Community Health Services relocation).
  • Fought to ensure that concrete-crushing recycling is not acceptable in Clayton now or in the future.
  • Ensured $157 million to build the Synchrotron to aid future generations of Clayton residents and Victorians by creating 2500 indirect and direct jobs
  • Fought and continuing to fight to ensure that Federation Park  (property located on Oakleigh South PS site) becomes a reality.
  • $1 million funding towards the Clarinda Community Centre in the City of Kingston
  • $200,000 Springvale Reserve building works Newcomen Road
  • 2010 – $2,490 Vic Health Grant Fioretto Fencing Club
  • 2010 -  $1,900 Vic Health Grant Oakleigh Dragons Junior Football Club
  • 2010 – $1,680 Vic Health Grant Cavaliers Cricket Club
  • 2010 – $100,00 for works at Kanooka Childcare Centre
  • 2010 – $35,000 for works at Norman Fischer (Kallay Street) Kindergarten

 

SES FUNDING

Through the Community Safety Emergency Support Program, the Brumby Government provides eligible agencies with funds towards buying ancillary safety and rescue equipment to complement their existing infrastructure.

Support for the SES in local government areas in the Clayton electorate through the CSESP program:

GREATER DANDENONG CITY COUNCIL

  • Springvale SES unit – 4×4 rescure vehicle ($19,999 toward a total cost of $29,999)
  • Springvale SES unit – Extension to LHQ ($15,333 toward a total cost of $23,000)

MONASH CITY COUNCIL

  • Oakleigh SES unit – 4×4 multi purpose rescue and support vehicle ($25,573 toward a total cost of $38,360)

CSESP as at January 2009

 
 
 


LOCAL ECONOMY

In the region(s) which includes the Clayton electorate, the number of people employed has increased since the election of the Labor Government in 1999.

  • There are 368,316 more people employed in the Melbourne Metro politan region than in October 1999.

Regional Labour Force Data quarter end October 1999 to July 2009.

SAFETY