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realestate 8 July 2014
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Students dine out on school syllabus THE opening of the Coffee and Conversation Cafe at Western Port Secondary College was a hit with locals who enjoy just that – a cuppa and a chat. About 100 people attended the opening, including school staff, industry representatives, parents and past students who had begun the cafe journey over the past two years. The renovated cafe is the culmination of efforts from VCAL students, school-based trainees, group training provider ATEP and local businesses who donated time, resources or expertise. Principal Michael Devin said that over the past three years the college had worked to improve partnerships with community groups and in developing work-ready skills for students through coffee and hospitality training. The driving force behind the cafe, acting assistant principal Donna Geritz, described it as “a powerful training facility that engages young people, introduces them to the hospitality industry and gives them qualifications to support meaningful pathways in the future”. Recent graduates of the VCAL program, Clare Sciberras and Nicole Pearce, attended. Clare was impressed with the cafe, saying: “I wish I could come back and do it all again, this cafe is amazing.” Nicole liked the idea of being able to “pop in and catch up, grab a coffee and catch up with the staff and the school”. The student-run cafe is open to college staff, students and the public 8.30am–2pm daily during school term from. Hastings Primary School staff, Hastings Walking Club, Community House groups and local residents all visit regularly. Students complete one day of training and seven hours of work in the cafe each week, earning a Certificate III in Hospitality by the end of the year. The cafe can cater for meetings, private functions and groups with a few days’ notice. Inquiries: coffeeandconversationwpsc@gmail.com Temptation: One little girl could not resist the delicacies on offer at the opening of Western Port Secondary College’s Coffee and Conversation Cafe. Picture: Yanni
Labor’s port pains Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au LABOR’S candidate for Hastings Steve Hosking will back the multimillion dollar expansion of the port if it leads to more jobs in the area. However, his support for the planned container port at Hastings puts him at odds with party policy which is pushing for the new container port at Bay West in Port Phillip, near Werribee.
Mr Hosking has asked Labor’s spokeswoman for Ports, Freight and Logistics Natalie Hutchins to help plan a jobs forum at Hastings and explain why the party had decided not to go ahead with plans for a container port at Hastings and what it will offer instead. “It’s something we all need to know,” Mr Hosking said. “We will still have the gas and oil here but many jobs have gone down the gurgler. “We need to have 500-plus peo-
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both major parties agree Melbourne will need another container port by the mid-2020s. Mr Hosking, who needs a 9.5 per cent swing at the November state election to unseat the Liberal Neale Burgess, was speaking after a weekend newspaper report in which Ms Hutchins, said “the case for Bay West was compelling”, adding it would create thousands of jobs in Geelong. Continued Page 15
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