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Brimbank mayor Jasmine Nguyen and The Youth Junction cheif executive Jo Malcolm-Black at Visy Cares Hub’s new chill zone. (Damjan Janevski) 280354_01
The Youth Junction, based at the Visy Carers Hub, hosted four events in Sunshine to launch its new chill zone. A brightly coloured glow in the dark pavement, cheerful green benches and planter boxes feature in the chill zone, which provides a comfortable and inviting area for young people and staff connected to the Visy Cares Hub. The hub provides a range of youth-focused services including Headspace, Orygen, YSAS, WEstJustice, Youth Now, Charis Mentoring, Brimbank Learning Futures, the Youth Junction and AAFRO Ltd. The events included an open mic arvo, hip hop arvo, chalk about it and a hoop comp. Youth Junction chief executive Jo Malcolm-Black said it was an important project for making young people feel comfortable and safe. “We are very appreciative of the commitment of Brimbank council in recognising how important it is to have an area where young people can gather,“ Ms Malcolm-Black said.
Airport health risk fears By Tara Murray A Brimbank council report says the Melbourne Airport master plan and preliminary draft major development plan represent an “unreasonable and unacceptable risk” to the health of the Brimbank community. Councillors will vote on the council’s submission to the two master plans at the May 17 council meeting, with the officers recommending they don’t support the master plans. The plans, which will shape the future of the airport, include the construction of the third runway The new runway will be constructed with a north-south orientation and will change the existing predominant flight paths
that run around-the-clock. In the submission included in the council meeting agenda, the council said while the growth and development of the airport potentially delivers economic benefits to Brimbank, there are also a range of impacts that would result in significant disadvantages as well. These include implications for community health and wellbeing, education, traffic congestion and pollution, the environment and the future development potential of Brimbank. As part of the council’s submission, Tonkin and Taylor undertook a health and risk assessment and air quality [HRA] assessment. Dr Lyn Denison, who led the HRA, found that guidelines in the World Health
Organisation Environmental Noise Guidelines (2018) (WHO Noise Guidance) are exceeded across several parts of Brimbank under the new plans, indicating that there is an increased risk of adverse health effects within the exposed population. The submission said the health impacts identified in the HRA represent an “unreasonable and unacceptable” risk to the Brimbank community, “The noise impacts extend over a significant area of Brimbank,” the submission said. “Individual events will often be much louder, with community currently reporting events in excess of 100 decibels.” Dr Denison said the metrics in the masterplan are based on amenity impacts and not health impacts.
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The submission said that Dr Denison found the plans lacked sufficient information and detail to fully comprehend and determine the implications and economic costs relative to the health, wellbeing and environment of the Brimbank community. The council is calling for the state and federal governments to require Melbourne Airport to prepare a well-founded and value health impact assessment in relation to off-site noise. This includes the airport addressing noise abatement procedures particularly at night-time, and reviewing the potential for noise sharing, by reconsidering the four runway configuration in partnership with key stakeholders. ■
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