- $123,192 from the Inclusive Kindergarten Facilities Fund has been provided to Home Road Kindergarten to provide a more inclusive environment for children with disabilities or additional needs. This includes new playground equipment, a new mud kitchen, dirt digging path, vertical planters and musical planters.
- Newport Gardens Primary School will be more inclusive for local students and families, with $200,000 from the Inclusive Schools Fund going to an outdoor sensory area.
- The Children’s Facilities Capital Program has seen $2,680 in minor IT grants go to Altona Gate Kindergarten and Gowrie Victoria Early Learning Centre.
- Williamstown Community & Education Centre and Yarraville Community Centre have benefited from $74,500 in Learn Local grants to fund adult education programs that assist members of the community to enter the workforce.
- $1.2 million to upgrade Williamstown High School’s Year 12 study centre and complete the school’s theatre complex.
- $195,347 in School Readiness Funding in Williamstown for new programs, supports and extra staffing across 21 kindergartens ─ helping them provide world-class early education and give children the best start in life.
- $230.4 million to extend the single biggest boost to individual learning support in the state’s history – allowing Victorian schools to retain the tutors that supported students throughout 2021, with at least one tutor in all government schools. This will make sure that not one school student in Williamstown is left behind in the wake of the pandemic, with the state’s successful tutor program to continue until the end of 2022.
$10.2 million investment in Wembley Primary School to upgrade and modernise the school’s main building as part of the Victorian 2021/22 Budget. Not only will this give our students new classrooms and learning spaces, it will create good jobs for Victorians.
- The Allan Labor Government is rolling out three-year-old kinder for every Victorian child. Every child in Williamstown will have access to at least five hours of funded kinder per week, increasing to 15 hours by 2029. Families will save $1150 on average, while an extra 6,000 roles for qualified early childhood teachers and educators will also be created.
- $600,000 Building Blocks capacity grant for One Tree Altona North Children’s Centre.
- Yarraville Special Development School will receive up to $75,000 per year over the next four years for their new outside school hours care service. The funding will help establish new services, and provide support for costs including resources or equipment, setup and administration, facility upgrades, small service viability and transport
- $6.7 million upgrade for Bayside P-12 College to modernise the school including the Maths and Science Blocks. This investment builds on the $1.18 billion as part of the Building Works Package which is creating space for more than 21,000 extra students in Victoria’s education system and creating around 1,600 local construction jobs.
- Completion of the brand-new Footscray High School’s $29.2 million Pilgrim Campus in Seddon, providing a second campus for the school’s junior years program from Term 1, 2021. It joins the Barkly Campus (Years 7-9) and the Kinnear Campus (Years 10-12) as the secondary school’s third site.
- $5.47 million upgrade for Yarraville Special Developmental School, supporting students and the wider community as part of Victorian Budget 2020/21. Making sure students have the classrooms, libraries and learning spaces they deserve.
- In 2022 as a part of the Building Blocks Program, $2.1 million was allocated to a new modular kindergarten in Altona North, fully funded by the state government to improve and provide more space for early learning.
- $10 million of the Safer Faith-Based Schools Grant has gone towards security costs to support the safety and wellbeing of Islamic independent schools in Altona North, such as the Australian Islamic Centre College Primary, to ensure the safety of our children.
- St Mary’s Primary School received $2.4 million for six new learning areas at its Altona campus and St. Margaret Mary’s Primary School gained $3.6 million for new learning and outdoor spaces at its Spotswood campus. These grants come from the Building Fund for Non-Government Schools. The Allan Labour Government committed $450 million in the 2023-24 State Budget to build and upgrade low-fee Catholic and independent schools across the state, providing upgraded learning spaces and accommodation.
Bayside College has opened it’s new Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) facilities at the P-12 campus. This was made possible thanks to a $6.7 million investment from the Allan Labor Government to build a new STEM building, modernise the library, and upgrade outdoor spaces for students.
- Seaholme Primary School received a $300,000 grant from the State Governments Inclusive School Fund (ISF) to install a sensory outdoor learning space. A sensory playground is a play area designed to stimulate children’s senses through various textured materials, structures, and natural elements. Seaholme Primary’s new sensory playground will allow children of all abilities to enjoy nature in a safe and tactile environment.
- Altona Primary School have completed works to upgrade their fencing, landscaping and new playground equipment. The Labor Government allocated $1.2 million in the Victorian Budget 2023/24 for the project, to give students the amenities they deserve. The project involved upgrading the school’s fencing, upgrading and modernising the playground, and improving overall engagement and safety for the students.
- The Australian Islamic Centre College (AIC) in Newport will be receiving $2.5 million in funding for school upgrades from The Building Fund for Non-Government Schools. The $2.5 million in funding will support the construction of seven new classrooms, a boardroom, and a new staffroom for teachers and school staff. The upgrades will cater to the school’s growing enrollment rate, create improved learning spaces for students, and deliver enhanced amenities for teachers.
- Bayside College P-12 will receive $1.9 million from the $22.5 million Planned Maintenance Program funding to prioritise and complete maintenance work on classrooms and facilities. The school will use the funding to carry out essential works such as fixing roofs and replacing windows, maintaining ramps, painting, resurfacing floors, or improving pathways.
- We’re continuing to upgrade public schools in our community, with upgrades to student toilets at Williamstown Primary and Williamstown North Primary schools completed. The Victorian Government has invested $843,387 from the Minor Capital Works Fund towards these essential upgrades.
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Williamstown High School students have seen massive works over the last year, including a $2.5 million investment by the State Government. The works included eight refurbished classrooms, a renovated staffroom, Q-block upgrades, and important structural maintenance on heritage buildings.
- The $10 million West Gate Neighbourhood Fund has been established to fund innovative projects that connect people in the community and improve local neighbourhoods.
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In 2023, more than $650,000 in preservation works were undertaken at Gem Pier, including the repair and replacement of the piles beneath the pier as part of the Better Recreational Facilities Initiative
- The historic Point Gellibrand Seawall in Williamstown will be repaired or fully reconstructed as part of the Victorian Government’s $21 million Urban Parks Active Wellbeing program, making the structure safe and functional for years to come.
- Essential road and rail works including the removal of Williamstown’s busy Ferguson Street level crossing. 50,000 cubic meters of rock were removed to give way to the North Williamstown Station rebuild. The build gives the station a modern design, now with the rail line under the road Ferguson Street experiences improved traffic and community safety along the street for road users and pedestrians
- Opening of the new accessible pedestrian bridge to the public as part of the West Gate Tunnel project, making Spotswood and Yarraville safer and better connected. This new pedestrian overpass crosses the West Gate Freeway – giving communities in the west better access to services like schools and retail on either side of the freeway.
- Building more than 12,000 new homes as part of the biggest investment in public and community housing in Australia in the 2020/21 state budget. Making sure thousands of Victorians have a place to call home, and thousands more Victorians have a job. The City of Maribyrnong is a priority area for investment, with procurement starting straight away to build new homes.
- As a part of the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund, $500,000 was allocated to the Williamstown and Newport Anglers Club and Fish Protection Society in 2023 for the refurbishment of the Williamstown Jetty Beach Project. With new seating, walkways and infrastructure, the jetty has improved accessibility for local clubs, boaters, fishers and the wider community.
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With a $150,000 grant from the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund, the Williamstown Morgue will be refurbished and opened as a tourism destination highlighting it’s unique heritage as Melbourne’s oldest morgue.
- $130,000 was granted to the Newport RSL to support the installation of a commercial kitchen. As part of the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund, the grant will improve facilities for local community members.
- The State Labor Government is delivering a safer, more connected community with a new shared use path bridge over Laverton Creek alongside the existing Queen Street bridge. This State Labor Government project will create a vital east-west link for pedestrians and cyclists and provide a safer and more accessible environment for all road users.
- The Hudsons Road level crossing is being removed and the new Spotswood Station open by 2028. Removing this level crossing will contribute to a level crossing free Werribee Line by 2029. Building the rail bridge will provide better walking and cycling connections to the Spotswood neighbourhood.
- Three raised pedestrian crossings are set to be constructed on Pier Street and Blyth Street. A detailed design has been completed with construction set to begin around September. The three crossings come as a $604,000 investment by the state government.
The Federation Trail through Pipeline Reserve has been upgraded as part of the West Gate Tunnel Project joint venture, delivering over two kilometres of new asphalt path and hundreds of newly planted trees throughout the reserve. This work forms part of the Greening the Pipeline initiative, designed to enhance and beautify Pipeline Reserve for the local community. The project also created valuable employment opportunities for local youth, who gained hands-on skills and training in horticulture through Hobsons Bay City Council.
- State Labor’s $5.8m Altona Foreshore Upgrade had locals flocking over making it a very popular spot over summer. The revamped stretch between Bent Street and Pier Street features new pedestrian paths, seating, and play spaces, making it easier and safer to move between the beach and shops.
- Community Shade grants program, $15,223 in funding for shade and sun protection has been provided to several local sporting clubs and community groups as part of the Community Shade grants program.
- As part of the School Shade Grants Program, $570 will go to shade and sun protection for Williamstown North Primary School.
- The very successful pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Australian Islamic Centre in Newport, with translators and medical staff from the community providing support in Arabic, making getting vaccinated even easier for residents in Melbourne’s inner. The tailored and culturally appropriate approach to vaccinations aimed to reduce barriers by offering vaccinations in a familiar setting amongst trusted members of the community. The clinic was established by the Muslim community of Melbourne in partnership with the Victorian Government.
- $40,000 for Hobsons Bay to continue to connect isolated Victorians to a range of supports to reduce loneliness and social isolation and encourage people to re-engage with their local communities.
- Williamstown Hospital received $90,000 to upgrade their medical equipment from the 2021-22 Medical Equipment High Value Statewide Replacement Fund Project/deliverables.
- The more than $1.5 billion new Footscray Hospital is one of the state’s largest ever health infrastructure projects. Located on the corner of Geelong and Ballarat Roads, the new Footscray Hospital will support the increasing demand from Melbourne’s booming western suburbs, ensuring families can get the care they need close to home. Building a bigger and better Footscray Hospital will cut wait times and reduce pressure on nearby hospitals. With an increase of nearly 200 beds, the new hospital will treat approximately 15,000 additional patients and enable around 20,000 additional people to be seen by the emergency department each year.
Construction of the new Footscray Hospital is underway and on track to be completed in early 2026.
- $53,592 in funding from the Growing Victoria’s botanic Gardens Grants Program will support the rejuvenation of the iconic Williamstown Botanic Gardens.
- The Allan Labor Government is continuing to invest in the west with an unprecedented $5 million to plant half a million trees in Melbourne’s western suburbs including Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay
- From 2025 all new buses will be zero emission, with the first route with the first Victorian built, fully electric bus travelling right here in this electorate
- $500,000 for greening Brooklyn’s Pipeline Reserve and $346,000 to upgrade GJ Hosken Reserve and deliver a magnificent regional park.
- The West Gate Tunnel Project also has significant investment in unprecedented tree planting in addition to $5 million to an open space enhancement package in Hobsons Bay.
- Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay City Councils have each been granted $300,000 in funding to support improvements of Cruickshank Park in Yarraville and MacLean Reserve in Williamstown, and to give locals more reason to get outdoors. This funding will greatly benefit the communities of Yarraville and Williamstown by encouraging us to make the most of our parks.
- Inner west air quality has been put on the agenda with wide ranging policy initiatives in our transport, planning and freight sectors.
- As a part of the Allan Labour Government $12.9 million Suburban Revitalisation Project, $5.8 million was allocated to the Altona Foreshore Revitalisation Project. With the funds we were able to make improvements to marquee Pier Street. We delivered a new main beach entry, promenade, shared bike and walking trails, a raised seawall, two beach access ramps, and new viewing and rest spots.
- With funding of $1.5 million from the Renewable Hydrogen Grants in 2022, Air Liquide Australia Solutions Pty Ltd was able to start the development of the Altona Renewable Hydrogen Plant, bringing our community a step closer towards greener energy.
- Receiving $250,000 in the State Budget, the Patch in the Park group was able to design, build, and open the new Brooklyn Community Gardens.
- VicArts Grants totalling $34,900 will fund a range of projects by local artists and organisations, including short stories, sculptures and script development.
- $35,000 in Creative Learning Partnerships funding for Altona North Primary School.
- In 2022 the Victorian Festivals Group received the Go West Festivals Fund, granting $2.4 million to be invested in creative industries in the west suburbs.
- $30,000 of funding for the development of Maribyrnong City Council’s Road Safety Strategy & Action Plan 2019-28 through the TAC Towards Zero Community Grants Program.
- The intersections of Melbourne Road and Mason Street in Newport, Ferguson Street and Kororoit Creek Road in Williamstown and Dousa Road and Millers Road in Altona North were upgraded with sensors and high definition cameras to detect how many people are waiting at a crossing and adjust the crossing time accordingly – keeping pedestrians moving, and cutting idle time for motorists when crossings are quiet.
- New laws implemented in April 2021 mean that road users need to keep 1 metre distance when passing cyclists if they are travelling under 60km/h, and 1.5 metres distance if travelling over 60km/h.
- 20 kilometres of new pop-up bike lanes will connect shopping precincts and schools from Footscray to Yarraville.
- $1.4 million jointly funded project with the Victorian and Australian Governments to upgrade the corner of Buckley and Victoria Street in Seddon, including a fully controlled right-hand turn.
- New and upgraded walking and cycling paths have been opened around Altona North, Brooklyn and Yarraville in Melbourne’s west.
14 km of paths that is being delivered through the West Gate Tunnel Project to help provide safety for bike riders away from the road.
- The West Gate Tunnel Project has resulted in two new bridges connecting South Kingsville and Yarraville, and Brooklyn and Altona North over the West Gate Freeway. Both new bridges have replaced older bridges that had been in place since the 1970s. With improved lighting and ramps, each will be an important local landmark that will connect communities over the West Gate Freeway.
- Works have finished to seal and upgrade sections of Ross Road at Altona North, as part of Labor Government’s $5 million investment in the Victorian Budget 2023/24 to seal roads in Melbourne’s west and reduce dust pollution. The project includes new on-road parking bays which will benefit the local community and those who regularly use the Paisley Park soccer complex. A new shared path has also been built, linking Blenheim Road and Mills Street, along with fencing between the road and rail line providing safer access to community and sporting facilities.
- The State Government is delivering a new pedestrian crossing on Blackshaws Road between Watts Street and Stephenson Street. Along with the three crossings being planned by Council, this will result in four pedestrian crossings to help connect residents to nearby retailers and childcare facilities along the road.
- Sporting Club Grants provide local clubs with funding for things such as new equipment, training courses and new uniforms. This program has seen grants totaling over $22,450 provided to local sporting clubs.
- A $200,000 commitment as part of the master plan for Yarraville Oval. This will ensure that the facility can keep up with the growing demand as keen young athletes take over the pitch.
- WLJ Crofts Reserve in Altona North and Donald McLean Reserve in Spotswood are being overhauled with funding from the Allan Labor Government as part of the West Gate Tunnel Project. Works will include refurbished and realigned ovals, new floodlighting, relocated and newly built cricket nets, and upgraded landscaping at Crofts Reserve.
- Local rugby, soccer, football, netball and cricket clubs in Williamstown and Newport now have fantastic new sports facilities to call their own at Bayside College Paisley and Williamstown campuses.
- $1.1 million from the Victorian Government went towards the Paisley Campus facility upgrades from the 2018-19 Community Sports Infrastructure Fund. The Victorian Government also provided $1.2 million towards the Williamstown Campus upgrades from the 2018-19 Community Sports Infrastructure Fund.
- $11.3 million is being put towards the Williamstown Swimming and Life Saving Club for their clubhouse redevelopment, providing upgraded facilities to all who use the club rooms.
- In 2022, Altona City Soccer Club received $300,000 for redevelopment at HC Kim Reserve. It involved the redevelopment of soccer pitch one, including drainage and irrigation and installation of irrigation to soccer pitches two and three. The Community Facilities Grant has aided in improving sporting facilities within the west by creating safer playing surfaces.
- Leo Hoffman Reserve has received a $95,000 grant from the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund and an additional $80,000 grant from the State Government through the Local Sport Infrastructure grants. As a result, the reserve now has a ‘Ninja Warrior Course,’ providing challenging activities for children, adolescents and young adults. The West Gate Neighbourhood Fund provided funding to upgrade the rotunda at the reserve including installing a BBQ and new accessible furniture for the community to use; repairing the rotunda roof, and new concrete paving. The upgraded rotunda provides an accessible space for all ages with upgraded accessibility.
DSV Stadium, home of the mighty Williamstown Seagulls, has completed its facility upgrades. The contribution of $1m from the State Government and $500,000 from the Federal Government has seen a complete transformation of the club’s facilities — particularly for women players. Congratulations to all involved in making this a great success and thank you to the Seagulls team for the tour and their continued efforts in supporting our community.
- Altona hockey players will be taking their game to the next level thanks to a new hockey pavilion at J K Grant Reserve, backed by a $220,000 investment from the Victorian Government’s Local Sports Infrastructure Fund.
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Yarraville Glory Football Club completed its works on the new female changing rooms at McIvor Reserve in late 2025 thanks to $1.18 million in funding from the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund. The project also delivered a new training & development room and a flexible space that will allow for use by the community.
- Newport Storm Football Club are set for a brighter future thanks to new sports field lighting and park fencing at their AW Bond Reserve home ground in Altona North, backed by a $200,000 investment from the Victorian Government.
- The 2026/27 Budget delivers $85,000 to deliver lighting upgrades at the cricket training facility at DSV Stadium (previously Downer Oval), the home of Williamstown Cricket Club, so they can utilise the field in the evening.
- $500,000 for a pop-up park in Yarraville Village as part of the Outdoor Eating and Entertainment Package to help venues get back in business.
- A grant of $17,707 for Spotswood Summer Sessions from the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund, intended to aid in supporting local business by bringing visitors to the Spotswood area through community engagement and new summer activities at the start of 2025.
