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Welcome to the Park Bench weblog. We would like to keep you up-to-date about current issues in Bayside…   Take the opportunity to leave comments or feedback about the various…

The Senior by Simon Garner Impact Just Awful – Sister Pat Timoney ELDERLY tenants of 18 Sandringham and Beaumaris independent living units set for closure by Bayside Council in June…

The Age By Michelle Griffin Sister Pat Timoney, centre, with Dr Sally Cockburn, right, and residents Alwyn and Ray. Photo: Angela Wylie SHE may have lost her right leg, but Sister…

Bayside Ratepayers Association Nov/Dec Newsletter (Issue 11) There is widespread outrage over two recent Bayside Council decisions, both taken without any community consultation. In October, Council announced plans to evict…

Bayside Leader By Jon Andrews RESIDENTS being evicted from Bayside Council’s independent living units are considering a legal challenge. Last month the council made a decision to remove the 16…

by Jon Andrews Andrew Robb. A UNION and a federal MP have weighed into the childcare centre closure debate, saying local governments should not desert their ratepayers. Earlier this month…

Jennifer Keyte: Residents in the Bayside suburbs are furious, saying their complaints about a half-built childcare centre have been ignored by the local Bayside Council.  The privately owned childcare facility…

Thankyou to Dr Sally Cockburn for devoting her 3AW two-hour show entitled “Talking Health” to the issue of social housing, spring-boarding from the Bayside Independent Living Unit closures. People from…

Melbourne Weekly Bayside by Rebecca Thistleton A HAMPTON mother has quit her job and delayed having more children because of childcare centre closures planned for the next two years. Bayside…

Herald Sun by Susie O’Brien Hit hard: Amelia Matlock and Jane Wharton (right) with their children. Picture: Craig Borrow Herald Sun TWELVE months ago, no one was listening when childcare…