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Thursday, May 8. 2008
Victorian Budget Delivers for Growth
Babies and young families, home buyers and services are the big winners in the 2008-09 State Budget, Carlo Carli, Member for Brunswick said today.“New figures released today show we are in the middle of a baby boom,” Mr. Carli said.
“Over 73,700 births recorded last year – the highest since 1971 and we are rolling out initiatives to make sure families have the services they need for their children.”
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Friday, April 11. 2008
Relationships Register a landmark success
Unmarried heterosexual and same-sex couples will be able to register their relationships for the first time in Victoria under landmark reforms passed in Parliament today.
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Thursday, April 10. 2008
Moreland Cyclovia
Speech to Parliament, Wednesday April 9th...
Mr CARLI (Brunswick) -- I wish to congratulate the City of Moreland for staging on Sunday, 13 April, the second Cyclovia event. Cyclovia was first staged in Moreland in 2006, and it involves closing Sydney Road to cars for 4 hours between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. Basically it allows locals to walk, cycle, push the pram, rollerblade or take whatever other means of active transport they choose. It is really a celebration of reclaiming the streets, promoting health and promoting active forms of transport.
The movement has become worldwide. It started 30 years ago in Colombia, and it has now spread to countries like France, Italy and beyond, and obviously it has arrived in Moreland. It is a local event which tries to emphasise the importance to people's health of being active in their choice of transport, and which celebrates modes of transport other than the motor vehicle. It is an event which is designed not to totally close off Moreland from traffic, and obviously there are other roads that are made available for cars, but it certainly allows Sydney Road to be a great celebration point.
Moreland is the centre of the renaissance of cycling. My electorate of Brunswick has the highest proportion of people commuting to work in Melbourne. Many people now travel using bicycles.
Wednesday, March 5. 2008
Congestion, rent seekers and the future of Melbourne
The following speech is due to be delivered at the Fabian Society on March 5, 2008.
Congestion is an accepted part of life in large cities. It always has been. Ancient Romans complained about congestion, and Londoners in the 17th century had similar complaints. And with half the world’s population now living in urban environments it is part of our modern experience. We deal with it by adapting, and when it becomes unacceptable by using modes of sustainable transport – trains, trams, buses, bikes or feet. Or we make decisions to defer our trip or change how we do things.We can respond to congestion in a number of ways. Either by building more road space, or promoting modal shift to public transport, walking and cycling or we can use existing road space more efficiently.
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Friday, February 8. 2008
Route 96 gets five new "super" trams
Five new "super" trams carrying 1200 people will be allocated to the trams to Route 96 recognising the popularity of the service with local commuters.While growth in public transport patronage is a positive trend, tram travel on this route has become a little squashy in recent months.
Introducing more capacity onto Route 96 should address community concerns about overcrowding, and could have flow on benefits for congestion on local roads.
The trams are equivalent in size to the longest trams currently operating in Melbourne and can carry about 240 passengers at a time. The changes to tram allocation on Route 96 also mean that this route will now be serviced entirely by low-floor trams, significantly improving accessibility for passengers.
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Wednesday, January 16. 2008
Eco Living Centre Funded at CERES
CERES Community Environment Park has received a $180,000 Eco Living Grant from the Victorian Government to refurbish the CERES EcoHouse and empower the community to respond to climate change.
CERES will be one of seven Eco Living Centres will be developed across the state for local residents to experience sustainability in action and learn how to apply sustainable measures at home.
With this funding, the CERES EcoHouse will be better placed to support the community by providing local programs and encouraging individuals to take action on climate change in their everyday lives.
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Tuesday, January 8. 2008
Extra Bus Services for Moreland Road
510 Bus along Moreland Road - more services from Jan 21
From Monday, January 21, an extra 75 services a week and extended hours would mean more flexible travel options for people in Brunswick and Coburg.
The extra bus services will provide people with greater ability to travel to work, visit family and friends and access to the metropolitan train network.
For the first time Route 510 will run until 9pm on weekdays, Saturdays and Sunday with Saturday-timetabled services operating on public holidays, and Sunday-timetabled services operating on Christmas Day and Good Friday.
In addition to 42 new Sunday services, there will be 25 extra services throughout the week and eight extra Saturday services, providing improved transport options seven days-a-week.
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Thursday, December 20. 2007
Best Wishes for the Festive Season
Schools to have children centres under $38M plan
Applications have been called for the Government’s $38.56 million boost to the state’s early childhood services, which will include refurbishments for childcare centres and kindergartens and new ‘one-stop shop’ children centres at schools.
Victoria is experiencing the biggest baby boom in 35 years – which is why investment in quality early childhood services and infrastructure is so important.
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Monday, December 17. 2007
Christmas comes early for CERES Community Centre
Christmas has come early for the CERES Centre in East Brunswick thanks to an $800,000 funding boost from the Victorian Government, the Member for Brunswick, Carlo Carli announced today.
Carlo said CERES would receive a Victorian Community Support Grant to progress stage two developments of the CERES Community Environment Park, adding three community buildings, courtyards, landscaped gardens and accessible walkways.
Good quality community facilities are a common feature of happy, healthy and strong communities and the Victorian Government is delighted to be investing in this wonderful project,
The new development will comprise 12 indoor community workshop/meeting spaces for multipurpose use, a commercial kitchen, organic café and outdoor landscaped areas that can be used as a gathering space for concerts and festivals.
Our funding will ensure that CERES continues to play an important role in raising awareness of how we can each make a real difference to the environmental and social issues facing urban areas.
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Friday, December 14. 2007
Carlo Carli congratulates Brunswick rockers
The Member for Brunswick, Carlo Carli MP, congratulates local recipients of Arts Victoria’s Victoria Rocks program.
“I am trilled to see Labor’s commitment to the new Victoria Rocks program come to fruition,” he said.
“Labor is committed to helping to support musicians and artists involved in Melbourne’s thriving live music scene get ahead.”
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Thursday, December 13. 2007
2007 Legislative Achievements in Victoria
More than 90 bills were considered in Parliament this year and 74 bills were passed, as the Victorian Government got to work on implementing its election promises and continued to set the agenda for the future on important issues like the environment.Parliament has passed a number of key bills in 2007, ensuring that Victoria continued to lead Australia in a number of areas. These include:
- The Victorian Energy Efficiency Bill, which will introduce energy efficiency targets for energy retailers to meet and will provide incentives for homeowners to save energy;
- The Infertility Treatment Bill – keeping Victoria at the forefront of medical research by allowing scientists to carry out stem cell research and to continue to pioneer new medical treatments for diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s;
- Increasing the assistance for Victims of crime and increasing sentences for a number of offences, including possessing a prohibited or controlled weapon;
- Strengthening the laws on DNA and enabling use of a national database;
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Thursday, December 6. 2007
Reforms make FOI Access Cheaper and Easier
The State Government has introduced reforms to make public access to information easier as the number of Freedom of Information requests in Victoria reaches record levels.
FoI applications will be free to lodge under reforms introduced in State Parliament by the Government last month.
The reforms will also increase information provided on the Internet about Government functions.
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Thursday, November 1. 2007
Brunswick Secondary College: Rock Eisteddfod
Mr CARLI (Brunswick) -- Brunswick Secondary College had some fantastic successes at the grand final of the 2007 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. It was an enormous success by Brunswick Secondary College. I know of the Acting Speaker's long association and that of his family with Brunswick Secondary College. This is very good news. This school had terrific success in a competition with metropolitan, regional and independent schools and students from all over the state. It is in fact the largest youth performing art program in Australia, and Brunswick did extremely well. It won awards for choreography, for stage use, for performance skills, for concept, for drama, for design and function, and for visual enhancement, lighting and design, and it won the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge entertainment award. It was an enormous success.
I congratulate Catherine Weatherhead and all the team and all the students on this fantastic result. It is much appreciated by the school community at Brunswick Secondary College and, I must say, by the local community. It was a terrific night and a terrific event. We are already looking forward to the Rock Eisteddfod for 2008 and further success for Brunswick Secondary College.
I congratulate Catherine Weatherhead and all the team and all the students on this fantastic result. It is much appreciated by the school community at Brunswick Secondary College and, I must say, by the local community. It was a terrific night and a terrific event. We are already looking forward to the Rock Eisteddfod for 2008 and further success for Brunswick Secondary College.
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