Together we have achieved great outcomes in our local community in recent years.

Our key achievements include:

• Upgrading the Watsonia shopping precinct. Once fully delivered, this will include a new town square with large green open spaces, a new playground for young children and the extension of the bike path from Kenmare Street to the train station. There will be new toilets in Watsonia as the old ones are demolished.
  
  
• Delivering a new pavilion, playing oval and cricket nets at Binnak Park in partnership with the State Government.
  
  
• Upgrading our local community assets with a substantial refurbishment of the Bundoora Community Hall and improvements to Jets Studio, a dedicated Youth Space located in the Concord, Bundoora.
  
  
• Enhancing our local parks and reserves with improvements delivered at Yulong Reserve. If re-elected, I am committed to upgrades of Telfer Reserve and Warrawee Reserve and to establish new recreational facilities at Edmund Rice Parade Reserve.
  
  
• Renewing the Redmond Court wetlands through desilting, weeding, new fencing, decking and seating. Together we have also locked-in the ongoing maintenance of the wetlands in the Council operating budget. This ensures the wetlands will be maintained to an appropriate standard going forward.
  
  

I am particularly proud of the Banyule Jobs and Social Enterprise Program. The Banyule Inclusive Jobs Program continues to create jobs for young people facing barriers to employment including people living with disabilities. We have directly created 154 jobs since we launched the jobs program in July 2018.