By Allon Lee
TURNING Brimbank into a magnet for business investment and capping rates were some of the promises made by Brimbank Council election candidates last week.
Harvester candidate, Independent Greg Petersen, pledged to set up a committee of small business and community leaders to obtain infrastructure funding under Melbourne 2030, lobby for a government department or large business in Harvester to create jobs, increase community groups and schools’ funding to plant native trees in Brimbank parks, and lobby for funds to start stage two of the Sunshine pool development.
Taylors Ward candidate Gary Celebioglu promised to lobby state and federal governments for equal funding to local schools, find alternative routes to ease traffic congestion during road works, lobby to change public transport zoning so that more of Brimbank is Zone 1 rather than Zone 2, where possible buy goods and services from Brimbank businesses and improve the St Albans Leisure Centre.
Rescue Brimbank Together released its final policies last week.
The group’s hip-pocket-friendly policy promised to implement fairer rates and charges, cap rates to less than the consumer price index, increase pensioner rebates, offer rates payment assistance, and push for more public housing in Brimbank.
Its family policy included increased spending on childcare, aged care, and disability care.
