Priorities

Quality Local Education

On average, children in Wyndham's growth areas have half the number of primary schools than Greater Melbourne. And we're home to some of the most overcrowded schools in Victoria. We're also about to experience an explosion in the number of children who are secondary school age.

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Local Jobs & Economy

A diverse, healthy local economy means that people get the opportunities they need to live full and meaningful lives. It also contributes to community harmony and less social dislocation. We should put more resources into economic development. All government levels, along with businesses and the community, can play a role. Quality Local Jobs Attract good quality enterprise-level companies and organisations to establish local branches in Wyndham...

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Local Jobs

Economic Development

Williams Landing

East Werribee Employment Precinct

Public Facilities & Services

We need to make sure the public facilities and services meet local community needs. These needs are often different depending on whether users are from younger families or older people. So we need to make sure that access ensures these diverse user needs are met. We can address social isolation issues if access to good local facilities and services is maintained. This applies to newer areas...

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Public Facilities

Public and Alternative Transport & Roads

Passengers exiting Williams Landing station

We need better public transport. Currently, many residents drive to other municipalities to work. During weekdays, public car parks are already full at around 7am around train stations like Williams Landing and Tarneit. We need to plan public facilities and services where public transport is a good option, encouraging residents to use public transport. Buses running at least every 20 minutes during peak hours, in my...

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Community Safety

I understand residents are concerned about safety in our city, especially when walking back home alone after dark. I believe the following are important to our community: More police presence in Wyndham. A police station in the Harrison Ward. More CCTV cameras, eg. around community activity centres. During the 2016-2020 council term: ✓ Successfully lobbied state gov to allocate more police in Wyndham ✓ Successfully lobbied...

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Community Safety

CCTV

Local Amenity & Environment

Make sure public facilities can be easily accessed by reliable public transport. Promote the Department of Health's " Walk to School " program to help more children walk to their local school healthily and safely. Better tree planning and improved parks and gardens. During the 2016-2020 council term: ✓ Greening The Pipeline Pilot Park ✓ Lawrie Emmins Master Plan Implementation ✓ Starting off-leash dog parks review...

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Amenity

Environment

Council Efficiency & Innovation

Wyndham Smart City, Improving Council Efficiency & Productivity

Improve Council's productivity by adopting new & high technology. Improve Council's communication with the community. Better budget spending transparency. Better explanation and presentation of the budget allocation through easy to understand reports. During the 2016-2020 council term: Initiated one of the first Smart City portfolios in local government in Australia Adopted Wyndham's first-ever award-winning Smart City Strategy Smart City project WynLens won the 2017 National Award...

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Efficiency

Transparency

Productivity

Cultural Diversity

Make sure Council services and facilities meet the need of Wyndham's multicultural community. Promote the Australian Human Rights Commission’s ‘ Racism: It stops With Me ’ campaign. During the 2016-2020 council term: ✓ Adopted Festival and Events Framework ✓ Committed $25.8k art funding pool ✓ Supported many multicultural festivals ✓ Working on multilingual street signage

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Cultural Diversity

Photo Gallery

2020 Ordinary meeting in council chamber with social distance
2020 Avalon Airport had the first direct flight from Bali
2020 Discussing local community issues with local residents
2020 Point Cook skate park expansion complete
2020 Council wrote to Minister for Education regarding Williams Landing school
2020 We need more canopy trees to increase our canopy covering
2020 Council had its first-ever outdoor ordinary council meeting due to COVID-19
2020 Support local community event
2020 Support local community event
2020 Thanks to our local firefighters for their great contribution for fighting the bush fire late last year
2020 Learning City portfolio meeting
2020 Future Focused Economy portfolio meeting
2020 Australian Day citizenship ceremony
2019 Support youth development program
2019 Support Western United FC