Re: Asylum seekers swamp aid centre
Who needs the flat-screen monitors? The asylum seekers or the office? Why should asylum seekers be given flat-screen monitors when a lot of Aussies can’t afford them? I do not like the way our country is being taken over. They are illegal asylum seekers. Send them home — they are opportunists! The asylum seekers who have been waiting in camps for years are the ones who should be here.
Annie Mac (via web)
Re: Community groups ‘miss out’
Of course, the infrastructure of Dandenong is not enough nor is it keeping up with progress. It is old and outdated. Look around Dandenong. There are now tall new buildings constructed and, not too far out, more and more new housing is being built and Dandenong is already on the way to being a regional centre. Unless community centres are remodelled and updated, the community will suffer.
Jerry Lee (via web)
The maternal and child health centre is so awful I stopped taking my little boy there. We now go to Noble Park, even though it’s further. There wasn’t even a proper change-room with taps and a nappy bin. No wonder mums don’t take their bubs for all their check-ups!
Ally D (via web)
The current library and council offices will soon be vacant. I would have thought these buildings could have easily been earmarked for this. Will be interesting to find out what our council has in mind for these — no doubt it will be a cash cow rather than community-focused. Hope I’m wrong!
Kim R (via web)
I agree with Cr Matthew Kirwan in his campaign to urgently build a new community hub in Dandenong. The main street may be improving, but the community services facilities that the residents themselves use are too small and very out of date. Especially so with an expected population increase due to increased medium-density development, which will mean more children for maternal and child-health services and more need for a larger neighbourhood house — not one sized for a small country town that Dandenong used to be.
Lamis (via web)
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