Tag: bus services
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Maroondah Business Week – 2006 Business Excellence Awards
Maroondah Business Week came to a close tonight with a cocktail function to announce the Maroondah Business Excellence Awards. The business excellence awards provide a way of recognising Maroondah’s many successful businesses particularly those that are innovative and supportive of the local community. A total of 29 nominees were entered with eight being presented an…
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Maroondah Business Week – HomeBiz Business Panel
As part of Maroondah Business Week, Maroondah HomeBiz a non-profit organisation representing home based businesses, presented a panel of successful home based businesses to highlight the themes that are crucial to the success of small and medium businesses. The panel consisted of four very different home businesses however several key themes emerged including the need…
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Maroondah Business Week Networking Function – Hosted by Robyn Henderson
This evening Maroondah Business Week continued with a networking function hosted by networking specialist Robyn Henderson. Robyn explained the strength and necessity in building comprehensive business networks to develop business relationships and drive sales. Networking is expected to account for more than 87 per cent sales making networking a necessary skill for businesses in expanding…
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Maroondah Business Week Breakfast – Hosted by Kevin Sheedy
The Maroondah City Council Week continued this morning with Kevin Sheedy hosting the NAB Business Breakfast. Kevin spoke of the need for innovation within business and highlighted some of the partnerships that have been created through innovation between the AFL and the various clubs. Maroondah’s Business Breakfast is part of the week long Maroondah Business…
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PTUA AGM: Thirty Years and still 'Standing Up for Passengers'
The Public Transport Users Association held its thirtieth AGM this evening marking a milestone in the advocacy for better public transport in Melbourne. Thirty years ago the cancellation of a Lilydale train, led East Ringwood resident Frank Casey to seek a group of like-minded individuals to form an organisation focused on public transport advocacy. That…
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Laburnum Community Action Group
The second public meeting of the Laburnum Community Action Group, which was held this evening, was coincidentally scheduled exactly three months after their inaugural public meeting. Much has happened over the course of the last three months, including the successful formation of a regular steering committee (which was one of the outcomes from the first…
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Liberal commitment towards safety at Ringwood Station
This afternoon I was invited by Ryan Smith, the Liberal candidate for Warrandyte and Heidi Victoria, the Liberal candidate for Bayswater, to a policy announcement made delivered by Ted Baillieu, the leader of the Opposition, at Ringwood Station. The policy announcement contains $120,000 for a security upgrade to Ringwood Station to ensure that the entire…
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Delegates' Report: EVRC, Heatherdale Road and the ETC
I echo comments in regard to the Eastern Volunteer Resource Centre and the community service the organisation provides. In regard I will be tabling their Annual Report, which was presented at their 30th AGM. On the 13th I attended a meeting of the Heatherdale Community Action Group. This group, which represents the residents of Heatherdale,…
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Eastern Transport Coalition continuing the fight for fair public transport fares
Tonight’s Eastern Transport Coalition Meeting focused on the ‘fair fare’ campaign with a survey being developed which aims to ascertain the extent in which zone three penalises public transport users and encourages the practice of driving to areas such as Heatherdale to avoid paying for the additional zone. This research will help present a case…
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Maroondah Hospital: Charity Golf Day Thank You
Maroondah Hospital located in Mount Dandenong Road, Ringwood East, held its first annual golf day to encourage businesses to sponsor equipment purchases for the Hospital. Today’s event was a presentation organised by the Hospital staff to explain the purpose of the fundraiser and the equipment that they were able to purchase after the successful event.…