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Roads & Transport
• Removal of Clyde Road Level Crossing and the opening of a brand-new underpass – multi-million dollar project
• Removal of Hallam Road Level Crossing and the opening of a brand-new Hallam station - multi-million dollar project
• Removal of Webb Street Level Crossing and the opening of a brand-new Narre Warren station - multi-million dollar project
• A brand-new bus interchange at Berwick Station
• Removal of Evans Road Level Crossing and the opening of a brand-new Merinda Park Station - part of $1 billion Cranbourne Line Duplication
• New bus interchange, walking paths and upgraded carpark at Merinda Park Station - $10 million
• Expanded bus services on routes 863 and 895 as part of a $109 million state package
• O’Shea Road Upgrade as part of Monash Freeway Stage 2 works - multi-million dollar project
• South Gippsland Highway upgrade from Lynbrook Boulevard to the Dandenong Bypass - $12.63 million - currently underway
• Planning for Airport Rail Link via the Pakenham Train Line continues – multi-million dollar project - currently underway
• Upgrade to the Thompsons Road and Berwick-Cranbourne Road intersection in Clyde North – funded by State & Federal Governments - currently underway
• Metro Tunnel – new continuous rail loop connecting the Cranbourne/Pakenham lines to the Sunbury Line, through five brand-new stations in and around the CBD – opening 2025
Cost-of-living
• First Home Buyer grants and concessions for over 3,000 first home buyers - Over $60 million in Narre Warren South
• Solar homes program rebates for solar panels, solar hot water systems and solar panels
• $250 Power Saving Bonus to help locals with cost of living - 4 rounds
• $400 School Saving Bonus - once-off Bonus for all children at government primary and secondary schools to help families cover the costs of uniforms, camps and activities
• Tripling the free Glasses for Kids program, providing free vision screening and prescription glasses for kids who need it
• Free breakfasts for all government school students
• Free Public Transport for under 18s - saving families up to $755 a year, per child – from 2026
• Free Public Transport for over 60s with a Seniors Card on weekends - from 2026
• Get Active Kids Vouchers - up to $200 available for eligible families to help with the cost of sport and recreation fees, equipment and uniforms
• $100 Power Saving Bonus to eligible concession card holders to help with the cost of living - currently underway
Education
• Narre Warren South P-12 College’s Performing Arts Centre - $5.4 million
• Hampton Park Primary School’s new Community Hub space - $264,625
• Heritage College's New Early Learning Centre - $500,000
• Narre Warren South P-12 College’s inclusive learning space - $146,000
• Hillsmeade Primary Schools priority maintenance tasks - $105,000
• School Readiness Funding for support and extra staffing across 28 local kindergartens - $822,000
• Crime Prevention Projects in partnership with the Centre for Multicultural Youth - $150,000
• Free three and four-year-old kinder
• Over 80 Free Tafe Courses - where skills shortages were identified. Enrolments up by 147%
• An upgraded and modernised Brentwood Park Primary School - $3.46 million
• Strathaird Primary School’s upgrade and modernisation, including a new state of the art eco cubby - $10 million
• Kambrya College upgrade and modernisation, including an additional 400 spaces in permanent facilities to meet growing demand - $18.9 million
• Extensive 3 stage upgrade of Hampton Park Secondary College - Over $14 million
• $28.78 million towards the continuation of South-East Monash Legal Services’ ‘Sporting Change’ Program
• $747,000 to expand Rugby Academies in Victorian Schools, including in Narre Warren South
• $13.6 million towards an extensive upgrade of Lyndhurst Secondary College - currently underway
• A brand-new primary school to meet local growing demand - Kala Primary School – opening 2026
• Punjabi and Hindi VCE Language Program at Alkira Secondary College – one of three Beacon schools as part of a $3.5 million program - currently underway
Health
• Casey Hospital's $135 million expansion delivering new and upgraded operating theatres, 128 multi-day beds, 12 ICU beds, and 12-day surgery beds to treat more than 25,000 extra patients, perform an extra 8,000 procedures and support an extra 1,300 births per year
• $35.5 million for an expansion of Casey Hospital’s Emergency Department with planning also underway for a children’s Emergency Department - currently underway
• Expansion to the Community Pharmacist Program - enabling local pharmacists to treat a range of conditions, without the trip to the doctor for a prescription
Community
• New Narre Warren South Scout Hall - $650,000
• Streetscape works for The Fairway Somerville Road, Hampton Park - $100,000
• New Pavilion and upgrade to Robert Bernly Reserve for Berwick Chase Primary School and community - $1.4 million
• Littlecroft Family and Community Centre upgrade for kindergarten, maternal and child health and community meeting spaces - $917,000
• Strong Drive Children’s Centre redevelopment for renewal of kindergarten and community spaces - $1 million
• Gwendoline Children’s Centre upgrade to better support delivery of essential council kindergarten and maternal health services - $926,000
• Grassroots sports clubs survival grants delivered to many clubs in Narre Warren South
• City of Casey’s graffiti management plan - $29,436 towards this project
• A new facility to be constructed at 655 Matterhorn Drive, Clyde North, providing early parenting support - multi-million dollar project
• New lights for Hampton Park Tennis Club - $204,412
• $50,000 to assist Hampton Park Uniting Church’s delivery of local support services
• A new 2 storey pavilion at Robert Booth Reserve, Hampton Park - $3 million
• $100,000 towards a new cricket training facility at KM Reedy Reserve
• $50,000 For Casey Radio to help them continue their work in the South-East
• Renovated pavilion at Hampton Park Bowls Club - $530,000
• Upgrade of pavilion at Strathaird Reserve, Narre Warren South - $1.5 million - currently underway
• $550,000 towards the refurbishment of the Hampton Park Tennis Club pavilion - currently underway
• $1.2 million towards the upgrade of the pavilion at Grices Road Recreation Reserve - currently underway
• Upgraded flood lighting for pitch 1 at KM Reedy Reserve - $250,000 - currently underway
Environment
• Bringing back the State Electricity Commission
• Delivering a new Container Deposit Scheme - returning more than 1.3 billion bottles and containers statewide
• Delivering more charging stations for Electric Vehicles
• Victorian Energy Upgrades Program - rebates on equipment and appliances that help save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will save 37 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions for Victoria between 2022 and 2027
Emergency Services
• 225 additional new police in our South Metro Region as part of 3,367 new frontline police officers across the state
• Upgrade of the Narre Warren Police Station and new police station in Clyde North – part of a $78 million investment to police stations in the south-east - currently underway
• Upgrade to the CFA Satellite Station in Lynbrook. Part of a $21 million investment to emergency services - currently underway