3rd September 2013

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Fresh approach to free tucker FREE supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables provided through the highly acclaimed SecondBite program are helping Western Port families make ends. Since the fresh produce redistribution program arrived in Hastings several months ago, Western Port Community Support volunteers – including Lisa Reardon, Christine Jansen and June King (pictured) – have provided more than 500 fresh fruit and vegetable parcels to emergency relief clients. SecondBite is a not-for-profit group that collects surplus fresh food and produce that would otherwise go to waste. It arranges safe and timely distribution to agencies and people in need. Western Port Community Support manager John Fraser said there had been a need for a fruit and vegetable program for a considerable time. “It’s exhilarating to know that fresh produce is going to local families who may otherwise not have access to fruit and vegetables� he said. Western Port Community Support at 185 High St, Hastings, is open week days 10am-4pm for clients wanting to access its emergency relief programs. Picture: Yanni

School buses to go By Neil Walker SCHOOL bus funding cuts mean many peninsula parents may soon have to arrange alternative transport for their children. State government cuts to free school bus services in Victoria, announced late last year and to be phased in across the state over six years, are set to hit the peninsula from 2014. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development re-

assessed Melbourne’s urban growth boundary last year, and included the peninsula in the zone for the first time. The reclassification meant schools no longer qualified for a conveyance allowance to fund school transport. No new passengers will be allowed on school buses from next year if the school attended is more than 4.8 kilometres from home. Students who currently travel to schools more than this distance from home will still

be able to catch a free bus but the arrangement will end in 2018. Many parents in the Western Port region only found out about the loss of free school bus services when enquiring about enrolling their children at Mornington Secondary College next year. Somerville father-of-two Michael Rusic said the change in government policy seemed designed to force children to attend specific schools

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Somerville Rise Primary School, has set up a Facebook page called “Buses for the Peninsula� in an effort to show government bureaucrats and politicians how the change in policy impacts some families. Parents worried about the end of free school bus services on the peninsula can join the Facebook group. More than 40 people have joined since it went live last month. Continued Page 8

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