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The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council Capital Improvement Project deliberations for the 2022-2032 cycle continued on Day Four Thursday with several significant initiatives recommended for approval. A majority of SPC members chose to go electric by recommending the funding of the replacement of the current diesel City bus fleet with electric buses over the next 10 years. The total cost of the replacement program would be $19.4 million between 2022-2025, with a total cost of $37 million needed over the next ten years. This cost would include the buses themselves and all chargi...

Bega Multicultural Centre members held a Family Fun Day at Potaroo Palace Bega Valley Shire Council’s Community Recovery Contribution Program has contributed almost $54,000 to support 23 significant and meaningful events and activities across the shire. “Through the program, we were able to provide community organisations with up to $2,500 to go towards recovery activities for communities affected by the Black Summer bushfires,” Council’s Director of Community, Environment and Planning, Dr Alice Howe said. “Activities held have been able to create a positive impact for local communi...

Advertisement As women across Victoria experience high levels of depression and anxiety, chief executives from the state’s 12 women’s health services will call on Treasurer Tim Pallas to include a large sum for gender-specific mental health services in the May 20 budget. The members of Victoria’s Women’s Health Service Council say they would be “devastated” if their budget bid for $59 million, much of it for mental health support, is not met but believe it is unlikely to be. Women in Victoria are experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression and women’s...

Cinderella Project making high school graduation accessible Poll Yes By Dale Woodard on April 17, 2021. Herald photo by Dale Woodard The Cinderella Project helps low-income families access clothes for their childrens' prom. MyCityCare director Jen Tribble and her staff are set up at the Multicultural Centre with a vast variety of donated clothing for both genders. A local initiative is making sure high school students from lower-income families have the proper resources for a memorable graduation. The Cinderella Project – now entering its fifth year and operated by MyCityCare – opened it...

Share on Twitter “I had just finished work and was taking the train home. It was crowded, but I could see space.” Twenty-three-year-old Grace is describing one of the occasions she was harassed in Melbourne.  “I asked a man to move, he didn’t say anything, he didn’t move, just stared at me,” she says. “[Then] he started saying things to me; ‘There’s no space for you. You shouldn’t be on this train. You shouldn’t even be in this country.’”  Grace, whose family moved to Australia from China when she was four, says she regularly experiences harassment in p...