Activities and Achievements in 2012-13 (Year 6)
In our sixth year of
operation LeadWest continued
completing activities that contribute to achievement of goals set
out in the Western
Agenda, including:
Western Agenda Thread
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Example Activities
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| Thread 1 Education and Skills |
- Supporting LeadWest member Victoria
University.
- Supporting LeadWest Affiliates: Western
Chances, Wyndham
Community & Education Centre Inc.. and YouthNow.
- Cooperating with Local
Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs) and participating
in the Commitee of Management for the WynBay LLEN.
- Funding a report on the impacts on Melbourne's west of the
Victorian Government's vocational education and training
reforms.
- Participating in National Skills Week events.
- Helping to develop practical approaches to partnerships between
businesses in the building and construction sector and
organisations in the education sector.
- Sponsoring the Australian Community Learning Network
Conference.
- Helping Moonee Valley City Council develop a learning
community.
- Participating in the Adult Community and Further Education
(ACFE) Regional Council for Melbourne's north west.
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Thread 2 Productive Economy
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- Investing in an online
public-access economic profile of Melbourne's
west to assist in promoting our economy and
attracting investment.
- Working with the Local Employment Coordinator for Melbourne's
north-west.
- Sponsoring a regional jobs and skills expo.
- Working with the regional office of the Department of Business
and Innovation.
- Working with the Industry Capability Network.
- Facilitating regular meetings of the region's economic
development professionals.
- Acting as a Small Business Victoria Host Organisation, working
with the region’s local governments to offer small business
seminars and workshops.
- Participating in efforts to foster the strategic rollout of a
network of business incubators across Melbourne’s west.
- Supporting Moonee Valley City Council's Gala Business
Lunch.
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| Thread 3 Community Wellbeing |
- Working with a range of health sector organisations
operating in Melbourne's west.
- Advocating for further required investment in Western Health's
hospitals.
- Providing a funding contribution to regional rollout
of Crime Stoppers Victoria “Say Something” campaign.
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| Thread 4 Sustainable Liveability |
- Supporting cimplementation of the Werribee Plains Regional
Environmental Sustainability Framework.
- Finalising the Werribee River Biolink Action Plan.
- Participating in the Werribee Catchment Advisory Roundtables
facilitated by the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment
Management Authority.
- Helping start a project to develop a low carbon
growth plan for Melbourne's west.
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| Thread 5 Enabling Infrastructure |
- Participating in the Western Transport Alliance and advocating
for projects listed in the Western
Transport Strategy.
- Participating in the WestLink Project Community Reference
Group.
- Participating in the Victorian Road Based Public Transport
Advisory Council.
- Delivering a briefing to members on the Victorian Transport
Plan.
- Lodging a submission on the WestLink project.
- Hosting an Infrastructure Australia luncheon.
- Arranging briefings on the NBN rollout for LeadWest
members and guests.
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Thread 6 Experience and Enjoyment
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Thread 7 Regional Leadership
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- Hosting a Budget Briefing Breakfast.
- Participating in the Western Melbourne Regional
Development Australia Committee.
- Welcoming several organisations into membership of
LeadWest, including Western Water and WPC Group.
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Achievements
Positive results for Melbourne's west, influenced in part by
LeadWest's advocacy activities, included:
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Australian Government investment of $14 million from the
Suburban Jobs Program for the Western Business Accelerator and
Centre for Excellence (Western BACE).
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Australian Government investment of $2 million for the
Australian Ballet’s new state-of-the art production centre in
Altona.
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Victorian Government announcement of the draft Precinct
Structure Plan for the East Werribee Employment Precinct, which
will pave the way for a major new business and employment centre in
Melbourne’s west.
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Securing a headspace centre for Werribee.
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Victorian Government investment of $750,000 for redevelopment of
the Braybrook Community Centre.
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Victorian Government investment under the Community
Support Grants program of $500,000 towards the Errington
Community Centre– New Building project.
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Victorian Government commitment of $49.7 million to progress the
planning and development of the Melbourne Metro rail project.
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Victorian Government commitment of $15 million to deliver the
business case for the East West Link.
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Victorian Government commitment of additional maintenance
funding for the West Gate bridge.
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