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HOBSONS BAY
COMMUNITY NEWS AUTUMN 2020 / EDITION 20
MEET OUR INSPIRING CITIZEN
OF THE YEAR AND YOUNG
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
(see page 8 for more details)
3&4 CORONAVIRUS 5 BEHIND THE SCENES
COMMUNITY AT RECYCLING PLANTS
INFORMATION
MESSAGE FROM YOUR COUNCILLORS
THE MAYOR Cherry Lake Altona, Altona North,
Altona Meadows,
Ward Brooklyn, Seaholme
Welcome to the autumn edition of the Hobsons Bay Cr Tony Briffa JP
Community News. So far 2020 has been a year of 9932 1044 (bh) 0418 398 906 (ah)
turmoil as our community and the rest of Australia tbriffa@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
grapples with the Coronavirus pandemic and tries www.facebook.com/tonybriffajp
to recover from a devastating bushfire season. www.twitter.com/tonybriffa
www.briffa.org
Our Council has been following federal and
Deputy Mayor Cr Sandra Wilson
state government guidance in order to protect
9932 1044 (bh) 0419 287 117 (ah)
community and staff, and minimise the spread of swilson@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
the Coronavirus. This has meant we have needed to close our council libraries, www.facebook.com/crsandra.wilson
the Civic Centre and other community buildings. While face to face services have www.twitter.com/sangewilson
been impacted, we have been able to adapt some of our services to deliver them
in alternative formats. For example residents can borrow books from our libraries’ Strand Altona North, Newport,
Spotswood, South
e-book collections or through our new ‘book a book’ service for those who still Ward Kingsville, Williamstown
prefer to flick through real pages! More info can be found on pages 3 and 4.
Cr Angela Altair
In other news not COVID-19 related, our new waste and recycling service has 9932 1044 (bh) 0419 762 267 (ah)
been in place across Hobsons Bay for two months now. Some residents have aaltair@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
asked what really happens to their food waste and recyclables once it is picked www.facebook.com/cr.angela.altair
up by the truck. On pages 5 and 6, we provide more information about what
happens to your waste and recycling after it has been collected. Cr Peter Hemphill
9932 1044 (bh) 0419 762 266 (ah)
I would also like to introduce our inspiring Citizen of the Year Myly Nguyen and phemphill@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
Young Citizen of the Year Augustin Kadende on page 8. Both Myly and Augustin www.facebook.com/petermhemphill
reached Australian shores as refugees and are now community leaders.
Cr Jonathon Marsden
Lastly, on behalf of Council, thank you for your patience and understanding as 9932 1044 (bh) 0419 868 009 (ah)
we try to take every call and assist every person who reaches out to us during jmarsden@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
this difficult time. Please stay safe and be kind to each other. www.facebook.com/jonathon.marsden.greens
Cr Colleen Gates
Mayor of Hobsons Bay Wetlands Altona Meadows,
Laverton, Seabrook
Ward
Mayor Cr Colleen Gates
9932 1044 (bh) 0457 916 615 (ah)
cgates@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
www.facebook.com/councillorgates
www.twitter.com/hbcc_crgates
ADOPT ONLINE HELP Cr Michael Grech
A CAT FOR BUSINESS 9932 1044 (bh) 0428 984 363 (ah)
mgrech@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
www.facebook.com/michael.waltergrech
Find your new feline friend through Did you know there’s a website
Hobsons Bay’s cat and kitten adoption designed specifically to support
program. The program reunites cats or businesses in Hobsons Bay? The
kittens searching for their lost owners or Hobsons Bay Business website
places them in their new forever home. (hobsonsbaybusiness.com.au) is a
For anyone who is unable to commit free resource for local business owners
to a furry friend for life, we are also and those investing in Hobsons Bay.
recruiting foster carers to provide the
It contains handy information on
comforts of home.
professional development opportunities,
Council encourages responsible networking events and workshops,
pet ownership. business grants, a local business
directory and more.
For more information, head to HOBSONS BAY CITY COUNCIL
www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Pets It also features a range of local 115 Civic Parade, Altona
PO Box 21, Altona 3018
businesses who have modified their Phone (03) 9932 1000
services during the Coronavirus NRS phone 133 677 and quote 03 9932 1000
COVID-19 pandemic. customerservice@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
twitter.com/HobsonsBayCC
Cover image: Citizen of the Year Myly Nguyen and Young Citizen of the Year Augustin Kadende facebook.com/HobsonsBayCityCouncil
This newsletter is printed on 100% recycled stock using environmentally friendly inks. www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
instagram.com/HobsonsBayCC
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CORONAVIRUS
(COVID-19)
• Libraries are altering services to
provide ‘Book a book’ library home
delivery service, access to electronic
books from libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.
HOW OUR ESSENTIAL gov.au/collections and online storytime
presented LIVE on the Hobsons Bay
SERVICES ARE ADAPTING Libraries Facebook page
A range of our services will continue • All face to face community
• Meals on Wheels Food Services will
as normal and some with various consultations have been suspended
continue to deliver ‘meals on wheels’
changes. We are committed to however, there will be ample opportunity
to registered residents, combined with
providing these services as long as wellbeing checks and the provision to have your say online via Participate
possible, based on requirements from of toilet paper for each client. Eligible Hobsons Bay (participate.hobsonsbay.
the federal and state governments. new clients wanting to apply for meal vic.gov.au) and where possible we will
delivery services will be fast tracked conduct online consultation events
• Our face to face customer service
at the Hobsons Bay Civic Centre • Pre-school field officers will continue • Planned Activity Group (PAG),
in Altona is closed until further to provide support to kindergartens Community Transport and Overnight
notice. However, you may still (provided kindergartens remain open) Respite for older residents have been
contact customer service by • Maternal and Child Health Services suspended until further notice, however
phone on 03 9932 1000 (MCH) will be delivered via phone, the team will continue to closely monitor
or by emailing customerservice@ Skype or video. If parents have and support our clients, or any vulnerable
hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au Alternatively, specific concerns, then a 15 minute resident, with regular phone contact
you can live chat with one of our face to face appointment can be
officers from our website arranged (subject to further state or
• Kerbside rubbish and recycling federal government restrictions) Services that are
collections to households and • Hobsons Bay UP (Youth Services) being suspended
businesses receiving Council’s will continue its youth counselling by
service will continue. However, please • All face to face Council-led events
Skype or phone but will not proceed and programs including our library, arts
note potential disruptions due to with face to face support services
staffing issues. Please keep your bin and community development events
until further notice
out if it hasn’t been collected (see and activities have been cancelled
• Aged Care and Disability
below for more information) • Early years playgroups and
Assessment Services in-home
• Immunisations will continue and also assessments will continue as Occasional Care provision have
increase but bookings will need to be phone assessments been suspended until further notice
made online
POTENTIAL as scheduled and you notice that bins
in your street or neighbourhood were
DELAYS AND also not collected, please leave them
out and we will be back as soon as
SERVICE CHANGES possible. If just your bin was missed
please contact us on 9932 1000.
Council is working hard to minimise
potential disruptions to any of our Likewise, there may be delays in
essential services. For example, our delivering capital work projects,
maintenance works and administration
waste collection contractors are in the
tasks such as completing planning
same position as many businesses and
permits. Please be patient with our
may need to manage staffing challenges,
hardworking staff who are delivering
which may delay collecting some of Please see page 6 for details
essential services to keep our
your bins. If your bins are not collected about interim rubbish drop offs.
community safe and our city clean.
*At the time of print in late March, state and federal information was correct but may have changed by the
time residents receive this newsletter. Please check www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus for the latest advice.
www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au | 3
COMMUNITY
SUPPORT PACKAGES
Council has released two community
support packages to help the people
of Hobsons Bay during the Coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic. These packages
focus on alleviating financial pressure
on businesses, community groups and
SHOP LOCAL BUSINESS sporting clubs, as well as helping some
Hobsons Bay has a range of diverse CRISIS SUPPORT of our most vulnerable residents.
Just some of the highlights include:
shops and delicious eateries. The local
economy, and especially the hospitality, NETWORK
retail and tourism sectors, are feeling the Hobsons Bay has a strong history of Local businesses
impact of the global pandemic. In these volunteering and during tough times • Full rental rebate until 30 June 2020
tough times, it is now more important it is even more important to lend a for eligible small business tenants
than ever before to support our local hand. Council is calling on all active paying rent in a Council-owned building
economy and our businesses. or retired entrepreneurs, experienced • Refund of food premises registration
•F
ind your favourite local shops online business owners, financial planners, fees and outdoor trading permit fees
and buy a voucher for future use financial advisors and IT experts to already paid in 2019-20
•S
ource essential items from your provide support and mentorship to
• Interest free deferral of the next two
local butcher, greengrocer or our local businesses to get through quarterly rates payments for eligible
independent supermarket this difficult time. The Business Crisis local business
Support Network aims to link a skilled
•T
reat yourself to a delicious meal or • Waived planning application fees for
volunteer with a business operator
coffee by ordering over the phone, next six months for new start-ups
who needs support navigating through
via Uber, Menu Log or the HeyYou current challenges. Confidential one- • Establishment of a business
app. Your meal or coffee will be on-one mentoring sessions will occur roundtable and crisis support
delivered to your car or door! via the phone, Skype or video. mentoring network.
Local businesses who are responding For more information, email
to the needs of the community by business@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
Sporting clubs and
altering or extending their services
are highlighted on the Hobsons
community groups
Bay Business website • Full rental rebate until at least 30 June
www.hobsonsbaybusiness.com.au/Do- 2020 for eligible groups paying rent in
Business/Amended-Services-Directory a Council-owned building
• Waiver of winter ground allocation fees
• Financial assistance towards sporting
Hobsons Bay residents and businesses are club utility fees, eligibility applies.
invited to share messages of positivity, resilience,
community spirit and acts of kindness. Ongoing support for our
The ability to connect with other Community members and businesses vulnerable communities
people has become more difficult. can post their messages, words, • Identifying more vulnerable households
Council wants to support the Hobsons photos, videos or artwork directly to support, while conducting wellbeing
Bay community to keep connected by to the Hobsons Bay has Heart checks with existing clients via phone
shining a light on community groups, Facebook page at www.facebook. • Combined ‘meals on wheels’
individuals or businesses offering com/hobsonsbayhasheart or use delivery with wellbeing checks
support or goodwill to their fellow the hashtag #hobsonsbayhasheart and toilet paper
community members. This could be as a public post on Facebook • Eligible new clients applying for meal
through random acts of kindness, or Instagram. delivery services will be fast tracked
the provision of online learning or
Instagram users are invited to share • Ongoing access to immunisation
activities, or offers to volunteer or
their image of beautiful things in services via online bookings
assist others.
Hobsons Bay by simply using the • Syringe disposal kits distributed to
tag #HobsonsBayhasHeart. Tagged planned activity group (PAG) clients
images may be shown on the digital • Online youth counselling, new parent
sign at the Williamstown Town Hall. groups and playgroups.
We’d love to see images of your
playful pet, a garden full of produce
or a handwritten letter in the mail For more information on Council’s
from a neighbour. community support packages, visit
www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Coronavirus
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BEHIND THE SCENES
What happens after collection? WORRIED
ABOUT BAD
We’re working with more partners to recycle more
products to ensure we are diverting waste from landfill SMELLS?
and taking less from the earth. Read what happens to
Keep the lid on your caddy and
your recycling after your bins are collected.
green bin shut.
Sprinkle bicarbonate soda on top of
YELLOW BIN PURPLE BIN food scraps in your kitchen caddy.
PLASTICS, PAPER, GLASS
CARDBOARD, METALS
Some people like to freeze food
Paper and cardboard Glass waste (particularly any meat or fish
Recycled paper and cardboard can All collected glass is sorted and scraps) before placing in the green
be broken down to pulp. The pulp washed. It’s then used in the bin the day before it’s collected,
from our paper is re-manufactured production of roads, rail and especially in warmer months.
into moulded products, such as footpath projects and possibly
egg cartons. Our cardboard is bottles and jars in future. Where possible, layer food waste
converted into packaging paper, between garden waste in your
such as new cardboard. green bin.
According to Sustainability Victoria,
products made from recycled paper GREEN BIN Try to store your green bin
and cardboard conserve trees, and FOOD & GARDEN in the shade.
their production uses WASTE
50 per cent less energy and Flush your pet poo - pet waste is not
90 per cent less water than making Food and garden waste
accepted in your food and garden
them from new, raw resources. All collected green waste is sent
waste bin but it is safe to flush your
to a composting facility where
Plastics dog and cat waste down the toilet.
it is recycled into compost and
Reclaimed plastic (code 1, 2 and *5) mulch. Composting decomposes
is sorted, then shredded into chips the food and garden waste
or flakes, and washed. The plastic using oxygen, which prevents
is then dried, melted and formed the release of harmful gases
into pellets, which can be used to
manufacture new products such as
new bottles, furniture and piping.
and creates useful material, like
compost and soil conditioner, WHEN DOES
Producing plastics from recycled
to put back into the earth.
MY BIN
materials saves around 88 per
cent of the energy required to
HARD WASTE
GO OUT?
make plastic using raw materials,
Use our interactive map
such as oil and gas. RUBBISH
*code 5 plastic can now be recycled. ie
and simply put in your
yogurt, ice-cream and margarine tubs. address to find out when
Fruit punnets or meat trays even if 1,2
or 5 are still unsuitable for recycling. each bin will get collected
Hard waste
Metals All Hobsons Bay properties are www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/
Metals are picked up with the metal able to book one free hard waste recycling
detector and sorted into scrap collection each financial year
metal and aluminium. Aluminium is (1 July to 30 June). Wood, metal,
crushed, melted and recast into new electronic waste components and
aluminium drink cans. Scrap metal green waste collected through We are launching
is crushed, shredded and sorted. the hard waste service are an app
It’s then melted and further purified recycled. When picking up hard
before being recast into new metal We are also soon launching a
rubbish, two collection vehicles
products. Recycling 2.0 App which tells
are used, one for recyclable
you which bins to put out, as
Making new products from recycled materials and the other for
well as useful information
steel cans helps save up to 75 per landfilled non-recyclable items.
on recyclable items
cent of the energy and 40 per cent You can contact Council on
of the water needed to make steel and how to dispose
9932 1000 to book your collection.
from the raw materials. of them. Stay tuned
for our app go
5 | Hobsons Bay | Autumn 2020 live date!
5 Line your kitchen caddy in one INTERIM RUBBISH
or two sheets of newspaper or
paper towel, or wrap up your food
DROP-OFF IN
waste for transporting it into your ALTONA
food and garden waste green bin
(note, newspaper or paper towels on With more people in self isolation,
their own CANNOT go in the green quarantine or working from home
bin). Bagged food waste cannot go due to the Coronavirus pandemic,
in the green bin as plastic bags don’t some households may produce
decompose and can’t be made into more rubbish than usual.
compost. Even compostable bags To respond to this exceptional
do not decompose at the same rate circumstance and help residents
as organic material and leave traces manage additional, problematic
of plastic in the processed products. volumes of rubbish, Council has
established a temporary free
drop-off station for residents of
Hobsons Bay to dispose of domestic
6 Scrape your plates and bowls
quantities of household rubbish (not
directly into your caddy.
recycling). Strict social distancing
1 Check the item you are placing measures will be in place and
in your yellow bin is made from instructions will be given by staff.
recyclable ‘rigid’ plastic (codes 1,2
7 Bread, pasta, cereal and rice
can go in your green bin. Hobsons Bay Operations Centre,
and 5 except fruit punnets and
Sugar Gum Drive, Altona
meat trays) is unwaxed paper or
cardboard, or aluminium or steel 8 Tissue boxes can go in the 8.30am to 2.30pm Saturdays,
cans. yellow recycling bin if the until further notice
plastic lining is removed.
(please check our website to be
2 Remove lids from all bottles, certain before attending).
including plastics (codes 1,2
and 5) and glass. 9 Roll aluminium and foil into Further interim options are also in
balls (minimum 10cm diameter) progress and will be announced
so the metal detector can pick it up. when they are confirmed.
3 Rinse or scrape out any
obvious solids or liquids from Due to limited availability of our
containers – they must be empty. 10 Choose to buy products with contractors’ trucks and drivers, we
less packaging (loose apples, are unable to change the frequency
for example, not apples in a plastic of the kerbside collection program.
4 Recyclables must be loose in
tray and with a plastic outer wrap).
your yellow bin, not bagged.
TOP 5 ITEMS
✘ that are not accepted
by our recycling partners
MILK/JUICE CARTONS
AND UHT/TETRA-PAKS
PERFUME BOTTLES,
DRINKING GLASSES AND
WINDOW GLASS
These items are made from glass with a
differentcomposition,andcan’tberecycled
back in to making new glass jars and bottles.
DARK GREEN BIN OTHER
COFFEE PODS AND TEABAGS RUBBISH
HOUSEHOLD
RUBBISH
All electronic waste, CDs,
light globes and printer
cartridges cannot go in your
general rubbish bin. Visit
www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.
COATED AND WAXED au/recycling to find where
PAPER & CARDBOARD
PLASTICS – CODES 3 TO 7 you can recycle these
These are coated/lined with a
plastic liner to hold liquid and items locally.
6 | Hobsons Bay | Autumn 2020 can’t be recycled.
RECYCLING
CHAMPIONS
More than 300 volunteers have been championing the new
waste and recycling service. Two of our Recycling Champions
give us their top tips. To get involved, and for more information,
visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/recyclingchampion
4. Do you have any tips on how to
reduce waste?
Before throwing something out, try
giving away your unwanted goods
using websites such as freecycle.org,
streetbank.com or post it for free on
Facebook marketplace. For example, I
have a slide that has a bit of wear and
Hariz Ahmad, Tarius McArthur, tear that the kids no longer use, that I’m
Seabrook, Master of Environmental Altona, mother of two, sure someone else will want!
Science, postgraduate student Environmental Educator
1. Why do you care about recycling? 1. Why do you care about recycling?
I want future generations not to There are so many environmental
have to worry about the state of the issues we live with that we have no
environment. My parents cared enough control over. The new recycling and
to move to Australia for us kids and I waste service is a real innovative
want to make sure I care enough so solution that we can all be part of. How to
future generations can have a better life. Recycling has always been important provide
for my family. I remember going to feedback
2. What has been a challenge in recycling facilities with my mum in
the new service and how did you the 1980s before kerbside recycling Hobsons Bay staff and
overcome it? was introduced! Now, my kids have Recycling Champions have
For our family, the challenge has recycling chores each week and help been speaking to residents
been learning the difference between empty the caddy and recycling into at local events. We’ve also
the Council’s composting service and the yellow bin. run dedicated Recycling 2.0
our own. We have started separating community drop-in sessions
what can go in the green bin (meat, 2. What has been a challenge in with our recycling partners
bones, cereal, bread etc) and our the new service and how did you to answer questions around
home composting which is slower overcome it? how your recyclables are
to decompose. My family of four has gone from one processed. Our customer
bag of household rubbish a month service representatives have
3. What recycling/re-use changes and a full recycling bin to more also been working hard
have you made in your household? household rubbish because of the to answer questions, hear
We’re trying to stop using cling wrap plastics that are no longer accepted. concerns and find solutions
and instead use containers. My goal is to reduce my waste and for thousands of individuals.
go back to the one bag of rubbish a
4. Do you have any tips on how to month. At the point of purchase, I try We are continually revising
reduce waste? to only buy containers that are code information on Council’s
The easy one is to always have a 1 or 2 plastics (which are accepted in website, and sending
reusable cup and tote bag in the car. the yellow mixed recycling bin). updates to all residents.
I also try to use what’s in the fridge Please keep it coming.
to cook a meal instead of looking 3. What recycling/re-use changes If you would like to provide
up a recipe and going out to buy have you made in your household? suggestions or feedback,
the ingredients. As I make a purchase, I think about please email
where it’s going to end up. If it’s code
recycling@
1 and 2 plastics, it can be recovered
hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
and made into something else. If it’s
code 3 to 7, it goes to landfill.
www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au | 7
Myly
Nguyen
Augustin
Kadende CITIZEN
2020 Citizen of the Year 2020 Young Citizen of the Year
AND
YOUNG
The daughter of a high-ranking officer At the age of five, Augustin fled the
of the Republic of Vietnam Army, Myly civil war in the Democratic Republic of
fled Vietnam alone by boat in 1981 Congo with his mother and younger
CITIZEN
following the end of the Vietnam War, brother. After four years in a refugee
settling in Altona North in 1985 where camp in Malawi the family was relocated
of the year
she still lives. to Melbourne speaking no English and
with little possessions or money.
Myly helped establish a number of
national-level Buddhist community Augustin overcame significant
organisations which helped language barriers and gaps in his
Vietnamese migrants settle into formal education to become
their new country and recover from the School Captain of
the trauma of the war. On a local Emmanuel College in 2019.
level, Myly founded the Vietnamese He introduced a number of
Association of Hobsons Bay, which initiatives aimed at fostering
has played an active role in local open discussion about mental
conservation and sustainability health among his classmates
initiatives. This year, she is looking and challenging negative
forward to continuing her sustainability stereotypes of masculinity.
work with the Zero to Hero project
Augustin is currently studying
and fostering increased cultural
Arts at the University of
understanding and collaboration
Melbourne, majoring in politics
through the Hobsons Bay
and international relations,
Interfaith Network.
with the aim of becoming a
Human Rights lawyer.
Altona Meadows. The Arboriculture in Brooklyn, Abbot Street South in
THESE STREETS ARE Team partnered with local residents South Kingsville and Bruce Street
JUST TOO COOL to determine what street trees the
community would like and their size.
South in Altona Meadows will be the
latest Cool Streets in Hobsons Bay.
Did you know Council plants 2,000 Feedback was in support of larger
Speaking of trees, Council is developing
established trees each year? canopy street tree plantings therefore
its first draft Urban Forest Strategy
Hobsons Bay’s trees not only 73 trees of evergreen native and exotic
which will go out for public consultation
look beautiful but they help deciduous species were planted. Six
in the coming months. We also have
combat climate change by months on, these trees are growing
plenty of upcoming activities with a leafy
providing a cooling canopy and wonderfully, with the help of the
theme, including tree giveaways, online
create more liveable spaces. residents in these streets who play a
landscape gardening consultations and
vital role in caring for them.
In 2019, Council delivered a campaign calling on our community
its first ‘Cool Streets’ Due to the success of the program, to nominate and vote for their favourite
project in Walshe Court Council will now run it annually. In trees. ‘Log’ onto our website or
and Pringle Place in 2020, the east end of Primula Avenue Facebook page for updates.
Woods
Calling all young creatives and artists! The theme for this year’s Youth Art
Young people aged 14 to 25 are Prize will be about discovering the
invited to submit their artwork for the influence Australian youth can have in
2020 Woods Street Youth Art Prize. such a crucial time in history for the
Street Accepted artworks include drawings,
paintings, prints, photography,
sculpture, film or even performance art
planet,” said Mitchell.
Selected works are tentatively
scheduled to be on exhibition at the
Youth art
pieces which respond to the theme of
Woods Street Arts Space in Laverton
‘A New Power-Finding a Voice’.
from 16 to to 18 October (subject to
Mitchell Webster, lead curator in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions),
prize 2020
Emerging Curators Program explains the with prizes announced at the opening
theme is about young people being able night on Friday 16 October.
to influence and contribute to change.
Entries close 5pm Friday 21 August.
“Young Australians are awakening to For more information, and to submit an
the voice they have and the impact entry, visit www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.
8 | Hobsons Bay | Autumn 2020 they can create in our community. au/youthartprize
What’s happening
in your ward?
Cherry Lake Ward Strand Ward Wetlands Ward
Work has commenced on the Construction has begun on the Work is progressing well on the
Brooklyn public space upgrades. Armstrong Reserve upgrade in Altona Sports Centre expansion.
DN Duane and Rowan Avenue Newport. The upgrade will include Starting with the new car park and two
Reserves will receive new play improved access to and within the outdoor netball courts, the extension
equipment, additional seating reserve, tree plantings, a picnic shelter, of the existing centre will include four
and shade. Brooklyn Reserve seating, a refurbished basketball/ additional indoor courts, change room
will receive a new public toilet, as netball court and nature play facilities, office space and café facilities
well as solar lights at the links opportunities. During construction, the when it is complete in May 2021,
between Cypress Avenue entire reserve will be fenced off. While subject to change. Visit hobsonsbay.
and the Federation Trail. your local reserve is being improved, vic.gov.au/AltonaSportsCentre
Visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/ you can access Newport Park,
brooklynparkupgrades Thank you to everyone who provided
Jackson Reserve and Bryan Martyn
feedback on the traffic movement in
These improvements are part of a Oval (if supported by government
the west of the municipality. As part of
$5 million package of upgrades to requirements). Visit hobsonsbay.vic.
the Seabrook Boulevard and Shane
parks and sportsgrounds funded by gov.au/armstrongreserve
Avenue Traffic Calming Project, we
the West Gate Tunnel Project. Improvement work will soon be received 285 contributions from 232
A new fence will soon be installed completed at Bayside College people. Council is seeking feedback
along the south side of the shared Williamstown campus. New irrigation on proposed traffic solutions, which
trail along the Laverton Creek Spit has been installed on both ovals, are based on suggestions from the
Conservation Zone at Doug Grant three new tennis courts have been community. These will be listed on
Reserve in Altona to better protect constructed onsite and the existing participate.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au.
our precious birdlife and create a netball courts are being resurfaced Keep an eye out!
dog free zone. This will prevent dogs with floodlighting also installed.
Work will soon begin revamping
from disturbing critically endangered Remaining works include new lighting
Homestead Run Reserve and Barry
migratory and local birds nesting and on oval 2 and an extension to the
Jones Park in Seabrook. The revamp
feeding. Visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/ sports pavilion. Visit hobsonsbay.vic.
includes upgrading the playground,
LavertonSpitConservationZone gov.au/capitalworks
footpath connections and installation of
There will still be a dog off lead The Spit at Riverside Reserve in community garden planter beds. Last
zone within the fenced area at Doug Williamstown has a new stronger fence year, both reserves received lighting
Grant Reserve. There is also a new, as part of the Biodiversity Strategy upgrades. The new lighting features
dedicated passage way for dogs and implementation. In addition, Sandy low-energy LED lamp fittings and have
dog walkers to access the beach safely Point Nature Reserve has a new improved lighting along the footpaths
at P.A. Burns (Altona Dog Beach). Visit interpretative sign featuring a map and carpark. Visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov.
hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/paburnsreserve that highlights the different vegetation au/HomesteadRun
Works have commenced for new types and network of paths. Visit
Laverton has been in the spotlight
underground drainage in Seves hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/biodiversity
as the first suburb in Hobsons Bay
Street, Altona, as well as minor Improvement works are progressing to experience the Better Places
road pavement and kerb and channel well at Donald McLean Reserve in model, a new approach to thinking
replacement. The new drainage system Spotswood. Full redevelopment works about, designing and delivering
will alleviate flooding between the of Oval 1 started in September and will projects that result in a more integrated
Esplanade and Railway Street South maximise the size and shape of the and connected suburb. For more
during major rain events. Works will ground to better accommodate AFL information visit, hobsonsbay.vic.gov.
take about eight weeks to complete, and cricket. Visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov. au/BetterPlacesLaverton
weather permitting. au/donaldmclean
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TRY not to touch your eyes, nose or mouth.
COVER your nose and mouth with a tissue when
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PHONE your doctor or the hotline – 1800 675 398 –
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CONTINUE healthy habits: exercise at home,
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WEARING a face mask is not necessary if
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BUY an alcohol-based hand sanitiser
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