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PICKET HALTS DEMOLITION
A Trades Hall backed community picket is put in place as council begins preparations to demolish three outdoor pool. Sunshine Community awaits discussion between unions, State Gov, Brimbank Council and community groups. LAST
POOL RALLY
Outcomes: Pledges of full support with speakers and letters from Trades Hall including CFMEU, ELU, AWU, UFUA, VICTORIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION, MARITIME UNION. Local schools
and youth workers support. Over $1000.00
donations to the ongoing Pool Fighting
Fund. Channel
Seven News coverage, major article in The
Age, Age
Editorial and Herald/Sun article. Local
newspaper coverage. 10 January
2006: Council
receives $3.19M interest revenue “bonus” from the Sunshine
Pool Development and other deferred projects. Ironic that the outdoor
pool could be repaired and heated for less than this amount! 9 January
2006: 4 January
2006:
December
2005: Natalie cheered and applauded when previous Mayor Sam David threatened gallery with cancelling the whole pool redevelopment process. 14 years and the 'Labor Team' has refused to repair or adeqately replace our 50 metre pool. It is time for the community to rally and raise funds so we can fix the pool ourselves - like we did in the late 50's when we first built the bloody thing.
October
2005: Its 13 years now and our three outdoor pools are still
not repaired. Reports by consultants have indicated the remaining
25 metre - 6 lane indoor pool is the most used pool in Victoria.
It is so over crowded that less than 30% of the population bother
going there anymore. And now $7.6 million dollars of community and
State Government funds later, and Brimbank Council have applied for
a permit to build a three foot deep indoor pool - and to bury
the Olympic Pool and two other outdoor pools forever... October 2005: Brimbank Council rejects plan to build an outdoor pool. Recreation manager Carol Julian claims council will review the situation in 2 or 3 years time. i.e. It will be 16 years before they even consider building or fixing our outdoor pools. Two generations of teenagers won't swim...ever! October 2005: Dept Victorian Communities survey indicates Brimbank is the least active of Victoria's 79 local government areas and has very poor recreation and leisure facilities and infrastructures. Will Justin Madden allow the councillors to spend State Government funds on a useless three foot deep pool with no masterplan, no thought for 2030 and let them bury hundreds of square metres of existing aquatic space? August 2005: Council confirms intentions to build a 3 foot deep wading pool as replacement to the 50 metre pool. Council ignores fact that Sunshine has the least aquatic space in Victoria. Labour Unity Councillor Ian Douglas states he has had talks with union officials in council. Union officials say there was no contact and that bans remain in place. April
2005: Sunshine Swim and Leisure centre redevelopment still not
included in the Brimbank Aquatic Strategy... November
2004: 26 October 2004: Mayor says council is not interested in offer of additional funding to be raised by community endeavour and local business to do the job properly. "No we are not interested in that" he said at council meeting! CEO Marylin Duncan says State Government funds for sport and recreational strategy approaching 2030 will 'not' be applied for. Ian Douglas claims 10000 citizens have been consulted with. The facts are that 6000 pool users were asked one question: What's your postcode? October
7th 2004: September
27th: September
10th: SEPTEMBER 2004 - Brimbank Aquatic Strategy does not not include community consultation or feasability study for Sunshine Pool site! The huge city of Sunshine will not have one outdoor pool! Consultants
refuse to include Sunshine in strategy. December
2005: Natalie cheered and applauded when previous Mayor Sam David threatened gallery with cancelling the whole pool redevelopment process. 14 years and the 'Labor Team' has refused to repair or adeqately replace our 50 metre pool. It is time for the community to rally and raise funds so we can fix the pool ourselves - like we did in the late 50's when we first built the bloody thing. October
2005: Its 13 years now and our three outdoor pools are still
not repaired. Reports by consultants have indicated the remaining
25 metre - 6 lane indoor pool is the most used pool in Victoria.
It is so over crowded that less than 30% of the population bother
going there anymore. And now $7.6 million dollars of community
and State Government funds later, and Brimbank Council have applied
for a permit to build a three foot deep indoor pool - and
to bury the Olympic Pool and two other outdoor pools forever... October 2005: Brimbank Council rejects plan to build an outdoor pool. Recreation manager Carol Julian claims council will review the situation in 2 or 3 years time. i.e. It will be 16 years before they even consider building or fixing our outdoor pools. Two generations of teenagers won't swim...ever! October 2005: Dept Victorian Communities survey indicates Brimbank is the least active of Victoria's 79 local government areas and has very poor recreation and leisure facilities and infrastructures. Will Justin Madden allow the councillors to spend State Government funds on a useless three foot deep pool with no masterplan, no thought for 2030 and let them bury hundreds of square metres of existing aquatic space? August 2005: Council confirms intentions to build a 3 foot deep wading pool as replacement to the 50 metre pool. Council ignores fact that Sunshine has the least aquatic space in Victoria. Labour Unity Councillor Ian Douglas states he has had talks with union officials in council. Union officials say there was no contact and that bans remain in place. April
2005: Sunshine Swim and Leisure centre redevelopment still
not included in the Brimbank Aquatic Strategy...
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