Members statements
Budget 2023–24
John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (09:44): Last week I had the privilege of attending four deserving organisations to let them know some good news. Firstly I visited Camberwell Primary School, where I met with principal Gale, school council president Stuart Lindsay and parents association president Christina Woods to let them know we are kickstarting planning on upgrades for their fantastic school. Then I visited Vision Australia, where I announced we will provide a $60,000 grant to help them continue delivering key information to our community. They reach over 350,000 listeners every month, and it goes a long way towards building a community that supports each other. You can see this with their passionate team of 300 volunteers, who provide over 80 hours of programs each week. Next I met with Suzie from the Water Well Project. I was proud to announce that we are giving them $100,000 to support the health and wellbeing of communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. Finally, I visited the amazing team at Port Phillip Community Group. Well done to Veena, Julie, Gina and Ruth and their entire team for the work that they do. I was proud to announce that our government is providing them with a $55,000 grant to help them continue to support locals to manage their mental health and physical health needs.