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5973 6424 or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au Helping hands: Warren Johnson, Char-Lynne Dainton, Peter Rumble, Will Lower and Jacinta Lenie make things happen at the men’s shed workshop. Picture: Yanni
Where good things grow VICTORIAN Council of Adult Learning students and Western Port Men’s Shed members are working together to forge a positive relationship that transcends the generation gap and promotes healthy eating and positive relationships. Two picnic settings and two large raised vegie boxes are being built by the VCAL students under the guidance of men’s shed members. Once completed, the boxes will be planted out with the help of Advance VCAL horticulture trainers. Advance focuses on encouraging and supporting engagement in education and community activities, as well as providing positive role models and mentors, particularly for youth. The volunteers at the men’s shed provide assistance and skills for community projects operating out of refurbished premises at the Hastings Hub. New members interested in learning new skills, or passing on their skills, or simply just wanting to meet socially, are welcome to join. “We look forward to fostering a sense of belonging to a caring community in which members and participants are accepting and supportive of each other,” the shed’s Colin Prowd said.
Port ‘decades away’– if ever Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE first major publication by Infrastructure Victoria all but confirms that a new container port at Hastings is most likely decades away. An options paper released last week sees the state’s need for a new port as “a concept requiring further development”.
“Currently the location and timing of a new port has not been assessed in detail and it will take time to do this evaluation,” the All things considered paper states. “The 30-year infrastructure strategy, which must be developed by the end of 2016, is being developed taking into account the uncertainty regarding the timing of when we will need a new port and its location.”
A new port is one of 200 “ideas” in the options paper which seeks public input into “Victoria’s first ever state-wide, cross-sector infrastructure strategy”. Before being elected the state Labor government indicated its preference for the state’s next container port to be built at Baywest, in Port Phillip just north of Geelong. After its election the government effectively dismantled the Port of Hast-
ings Development Authority by cutting funding, leading to job losses and an early end to several studies necessary for port development in Western Port. Infrastructure Victoria’s CEO Michel Masson said the options paper is not solely focused on building new things. “We want to find better ways to manage demand and get more out of our existing infrastructure before we build new infrastructure,” Mr Masson said.
“At this stage, everything is on the table and up for consideration, so we haven’t shied away from options that might be controversial or unpopular.” The options paper itself says “a new port is listed as a concept requiring further development. Currently the location and timing of a new port has not been assessed in detail and it will take time to do this evaluation”. Continued Page 6
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