Sydenham electorate
Ms HUTCHINS (Sydenham—Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice, Minister for Victim Support) (09:47:157:): Ten years ago I had the privilege of being elected to the Victorian Parliament to represent the people of Keilor, now known as Sydenham. I would like to take the opportunity to thank my electorate for their ongoing support and trusting me to be their local representative. I thank the constituents particularly who have come to see me in my electorate office over the last 10 years and who have raised issues with me on street stalls and at community events to tell me about their needs and ideas. Together we have achieved a lot in the last 10 years: the removal of the Melton Highway level crossing and the construction of a bridge; the construction of Springside West Secondary College; the removal of the Taylors Road roundabout—a big issue in my electorate; money for the Fraser Rise community hub, the Morton Homestead play space and the Bloomsbury Drive play space, all through the Growing Suburbs Fund; $500 000 for Mackellar Primary School’s inclusive playground; money for the Gilson College early learning centre; $2 million for Catholic Regional College North Keilor’s multipurpose hall; and $10 million for Copperfield College Delahey’s maintenance, which they desperately needed. We have also in that time widened the M80 at a very important point of the freeway and created new widening and installed safety barriers on the EJ Whitten Bridge. We have updated the Sunshine emergency ward and mental health facilities, constructed the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital and planned and funded for the purchase of land at Melton.