Media Releases – Page 10

JOAN ROBB NAMED NAMED 2020 CRONULLA SENIOR OF THE YEAR

I am delighted to announce Joan Robb as the Cronulla Senior of the Year for 2020.

Ms Robb has volunteered with Neighbourhood Aid/ BeConnected/ BetterConnected for over 24 years. She has made an outstanding contribution to the community as she held many roles including treasurer and member of the management committee.

MS Robb volunteers to take clients out and assists them with their shopping. She also shares a coffee and a chat with the clients as she transports them and accompanies them on morning tea outings.

This award is deserving recognition of Ms Robb’s tireless efforts and generosity.

The other finalists were:

Stephen Deards – a volunteer with Sutherland Shire Bushcare for 30 years. As well as the nine Sutherland Shire Bushcare groups with which he currently volunteers, Stephen also volunteers with two groups operating within Kamay Botany Bay National Park.
Geoff Schuberg APM – honorary secretary of Cronulla RSL Sub-Branch for over 10 years. He also helps with Department of Veterans Affairs claims while he continues to be the face of the Cronulla Sub-Branch for the ANZAC Day dawn services and Remembrance Day and Vietnam Veterans’ Day services.

Previous winners of the Cronulla Senior of the Year award are:

Robert Lovell – volunteer in the Kurnell community
John Kane – volunteer at Sailability Cronulla
Mick Brannock – volunteer at Wanda Surf Life Saving Club
Father Kerry Bayada – Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Caringbah
Patricia Donaghy – volunteer at Older Women’s Network Sutherland

CRONULLA BENEFITS AS SCHOOLS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE

22 schools in Cronulla are among the 968 schools across NSW that have received additional maintenance work during the last few months, clearing over half of the outstanding school maintenance list across the state.

Over 1.3 million dollars was spent on schools in Cronulla.

The schools that received maintenance and upgrade works are:

School Name	Electorate
Gymea Bay PS	Cronulla
Cronulla High School	Cronulla
Lilli Pilli PS	Cronulla
Yowie Bay PS	Cronulla
Caringbah North PS	Cronulla
Cronulla PS	Cronulla
Woolooware PS	Cronulla
Kurnell PS	Cronulla
Cronulla HS	Cronulla
Caringbah Public School	Cronulla
Cronulla HS	Cronulla
Woolooware PS	Cronulla
Cronulla South PS	Cronulla
Lilli Pilli PS	Cronulla
Kurnell PS	Cronulla
Cronulla HS	Cronulla
Grays Point PS	Cronulla
Caringbah HS	Cronulla
Cronulla South PS	Cronulla
Burraneer Bay PS	Cronulla
Woolooware PS	Cronulla
Caringbah PS	Cronulla

The maintenance blitz focused on additional repairs and upgrades including roof works, new floor coverings, drainage, electrical work and painting.

The NSW Government is investing $6.7 billion over four years to deliver more than 190 new and upgraded schools to support communities across NSW. A record $1.3 billion is being spent on school maintenance over five years, along with a record $500 million for the sustainable Cooler Classrooms program to provide air conditioning to schools. This is the largest investment in public education infrastructure in the history of NSW.

24 NEW MEDICAL INTERNS FOR SUTHERLAND HOSPITAL

Today, I welcomed 24 medical graduates to Sutherland Hospital within the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, part of the 2020 annual intake of intern doctors funded by the NSW Government.

The new intern doctors would perform a vital role in the health system and will be based at Sutherland Hospital as part of their two year contract..

The two year internship is a vital step in ensuring our future doctors are amongst the best trained doctors in the world.

Across NSW there are a record 1,027 intern doctors beginning work this week, which is an increase of 257 positions or 33 per cent since 2011. The professional experience our new doctors will gain is key to the health and wellbeing of our citizens in the future.

The NSW Government is investing $107 million in the internship program this year.

UPGRADE TO KINGSWAY AND ELOUERA ROAD INTERSECTION OPEN TO TRAFFIC

Motorists travelling through the busy intersection of the Kingsway and Elouera Road at Cronulla are experiencing faster journeys, with work on this local road upgrade now complete.

The NSW Government has completed the project in time for the busy summer season around North Cronulla Beach.

The NSW Government continues to work closely with Sutherland Shire Council, which has already made changes to parking in Mitchell Road to offset parking impacts on Elouera Road.

Access to local shops, cafes and North Cronulla Beach was maintained at all times and there was no impact on the Bali Memorial. The community is thanked for their patience and feedback while work was carried out.

Some minor work including final line-marking will be completed in coming weeks.

Final work in Peryman Square will be completed next year as part of a wider project by Sutherland Shire Council which is being part-funded by the NSW Government.

The NSW Government is delivering the road upgrade as part of its $100 million Congestion and Safety Program, to ease congestion and improve journey reliability on Sydney’s key road corridors.

SHIRE COMMUNITY GROUPS INVITED TO APPLY FOR NSW GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

Local organisations in the Sutherland Shire can now apply for funding to support local community projects under the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program, Member for Cronulla Mark Speakman, Member for Miranda Eleni Petinos and Member for Heathcote Lee Evans said today.

$12.5 million is available in 2019/20 for new or upgraded facilities across sport and recreation, arts and culture, disaster readiness and community infrastructure.

Since 2013, the NSW Government has funded over 350 community projects worth $82 million under Infrastructure Grants.

The grants are made possible by the Clubgrants Category 3 Fund which re-invests profits from registered clubs’ gaming machines into community projects. Funding is available for infrastructure projects in three key areas:

Arts & Culture;
Disaster Readiness & Community Infrastructure;
Sport & Recreation.

Applications for the second round of funding for 2019/20 are open until Monday 16 December. To find out more information or to apply, please visit responsiblegambling.nsw.gov.au.

$1.9 MILLION BOAT RAMP UPGRADE NOW COMPLETE AT CRONULLA

Boaters now have safer and easier access to Port Hacking with the completion of $1.9 million of work at the Tonkin Street Cronulla Boat Ramp.

The new wider boat ramp with the addition of the pontoon makes launching and retrieving vessels of all sizes much quicker and easier

Sutherland Shire Council and the NSW Government each contributed $950,000 towards the project. The NSW Government contribution was made up of $650,000 under its Boating Now program and $300,000 was provided under its Rescuing Our Waterways program for dredging.

Since 2015, under the Boating Now program, the NSW Government has committed almost $1.23 million to maritime infrastructure projects in the Cronulla electorate.

Information on maritime infrastructure funding and other projects can be found at https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/nsw-boating-now

JPS HONOURED FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE

I congratulate John Adamson, Eric Galbraith and Terry Kearns, for 50 years of service to the community as a Justice of the Peace.

More than 250 NSW JPs celebrated their Golden Jubilee of service in 2018-19. Nearly 130 attended a ceremony at NSW Parliament where they were presented with a commemorative certificate.

Just about everyone needs a JP at some point in their life – such as when they buy a house or access their superannuation – and John, Eric and Terry have always been happy to lend a hand.

JPs Act as independent witnesses to documents people need for a variety of purposes. Their main functions are to witness affidavits and statutory declarations, and they may also certify copies of original documents. JPs provide their services on a voluntary basis.

For more information on JPs or to find one in your area go to www.jp.nsw.gov.au.

SCHOOLS IN THE SUTHERLAND SHIRE SHARING THEIR SPACE OVER SPRING HOLIDAYS

Schools in the Sutherland Shire are among more than 100 Sydney schools to open their grounds to the public over the spring holidays, as part of the Share Our Space initiative.

The Sutherland Shire schools included for the spring holidays Share Our Space initiative are:

Caringbah Public School
Cronulla South Public School
Kurnell Public School
Woolooware Public School

The Department of Education is carefully assessing schools to ensure those who participate are safe and secure.

To find participating schools, visit the Share Our Space webpage.

QUALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (QLE) GRANT

More pre-schoolers in the Sutherland Shire will have access to state-of-the-art early childhood learning facilities and specialised educational programs, thanks to the NSW Government’s Quality Learning Environments program.

Sutherland local MP’s Mark Speakman, Eleni Petinos and Lee Evans today announced the following preschools and not-for-profit long day care centres in the Sutherland Shire will receive grants of up to $10,000 under the program:

Grays Point Pre-School Kindergarten Association
Jacaranda Pre-School Centre Inc
Kurnell Pre-School Kindergarten Inc

These grants can be used to make physical improvements to early childhood services, like new gardens, jungle gyms or bathroom renovations, and can also assist the rollout of new learning programs, like music lessons or yoga classes.“I am thrilled that the littlest learners in Miranda will benefit from this funding now and for years to come,” Ms Petinos said.

For more information, visit https://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education/operating-an-early-childhood-education-service/grants-and-funded-programs/quality-learning-environments

MAKING OUR BEACHES SAFER AHEAD OF SUMMER

The State’s waterways will have enhanced safety this summer with the arrival of new vehicles and jet skis following a major funding investment from the NSW Government.

Shire MPs Mark Speakman, Eleni Petinos, Lee Evans and Melanie Gibbons joined for Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott at Wanda Beach today to inspect some of the 11 new vehicles and 11 new jet skis for Surf Life Saving NSW.

SLSNSW is increasingly expanding its services beyond just beach patrols, during the summer with volunteers called on to respond to searching for missing swimmers, rockfishers in trouble and watercraft users in distress on a 24/7 basis.

Last year SLSNSW received almost 600 requests for assistance from Emergency Services that were responded to by volunteers.

MARK SPEAKMAN

MP for Cronulla
NSW Liberal Leader

Archives: Media Releases