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Rudd and Howard on the hustings THE federal election campaign was only a few days’ old when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the man he replaced in 2007, John Howard, journeyed to our region to fly the flag for their respective political parties. Mr Rudd was here on Friday to support Labor’s Dunkley electorate candidate Sonya Kilkenny during a visit to Langwarrin Park Primary School, and Mr Howard was in Frankston the day before for sitting Dunkley MP Bruce Billson’s campaign launch. Dunkley, which stretches from Seaford to Mornington, will be a key seat as the Tony Abbott-led Opposition attempts to oust the Kevin Rudd-led Labor Party. The first of Mr Billson’s promises is outlined below while on Page 5 is Toni Brient’s story about the day Kevin Rudd and more than 50 media people plus government minders brought the election circus to Langwarrin Park primary. Selfie time: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd poses with a primary school pupil for a self-portrait photograph while Dunkley candidate Sonya Kilkenny watches. Picture: Gary Sissons
Youth hub poll promise By Mike Hast DUNKLEY MP Bruce Billson has promised $800,000 for a youth centre in Mornington if the Coalition wins government. The money will go toward Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s proposed $1.2 million renovation of half an old classroom block at the former Mornington Secondary College in Wil-
sons Rd near Peninsula Community Theatre. The eastern half of the block was renovated in 2010 and 2011 by Rotary club members from Somerville-Tyabb, Hastings Western Port, Mornington, Mt Martha, Dromana, Rosebud, Rye and Sorrento with assistance from shire officers, councillors and peninsula businesses. It became the new home of Radio
Port Phillip, the region’s community station, and was the shire’s first “community capital project”, costing about $400,000. Mr Billson said “Mornington will get what Hastings and Rosebud already have … a new hub for council and community youth services”. He said the 1950s building would be “transformed into a dedicated youth hub to cater for the needs … of the
growing youth population of Mt Eliza, Mornington and Mt Martha”. “This commitment recognises that the northern peninsula needs a dedicated facility and service centre for our youth to support the work of the shire council’s youth service team and the many community organisations and selfless individuals who … support our young people to reach their full potential.”
Mr Billson said the shire’s young citizen of the year, Sam Hearn, “an impressive young man who has dedicated his life to supporting disadvantaged young people, has emphasised the need for the hub to be a welcoming place where young people can access the encouragement and pastoral care of skilled and experience people who care for their development”. Continued on Page 4
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