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From YouTube: Budget Forum 2020 Lynley Dumble
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The Brimbank Perspective on 2020 State and Federal Budgets.
Presented at Forum on 10 December 2020
A
A
B
Thank
you
very
much
jason.
Yes,
my
name
is
emily
dumbo,
I'm
the
acting
director
of
community
wellbeing
at
brimbank
city
council.
Before
we
begin,
I
would
also
like
to
acknowledge
the
maraudery
people,
the
traditional
custodians
of
on
of
the
land
on
which
rim
bank
sits
and
paying
my
respects
to
elders,
past
and
present.
B
I'll
also
outline
some
of
the
local
key
local
highlights
and
gaps
that
came
out
of
the
2012
state
and
federal
budgets,
brook's
going
to
be
managing
the
slides,
so
I'm
sure
we'll
be
as
seamless
as
possible
in
getting
through
this.
So
thank
you.
B
Everyone,
council
has
been
hosting
the
budget
forum
since
2014,
in
conjunction
with
the
social
justice
coalition.
The
forum
provides
an
opportunity
to
consider
how
state
and
federal
government
budget
and
policy
impacts
brim
bank.
As
we
know,
there
has
been
a
delay
with
budget
announcements
because
of
covert.
So
normally
we
hold
this
event.
You
know
in
the
middle
of
the
year,
so
we've
had
to
wait
till
the
end
of
the
year.
To
actually
do
this
important
event.
B
The
forum
provides
an
opportunity
to
consider
how
state
and
federal
government
budgets
and
policy
impact
bring
bank.
It
also
provides
and
informs
our
broader
advocacy
and
planning,
including
the
covert
19
response
and
recovery
strategy
and
the
19
point
action
plan,
as
well
as
transforming
brim
bank
advocacy
priorities
and
the
2050
vision.
B
In
addition,
this
year's
forum
is
particularly
timely,
given
the
recent
election
of
our
new
council
and
welcome
councils
that
are
here
today,
we've
already
heard
from
our
mayor
and
also
the
significant
challenges
we
face
in
our
efforts
to
recover
from
the
cover
19
pandemic
and
I'll
come
to
these
shortly.
B
So
why
is
social
justice
important
in
brimbank?
The
the
current
brimbank
social
justice
charter
was
adopted
by
council
in
2018..
B
B
As
you
can
see
from
the
slide,
brim
bank
is
one
of
the
most
culturally
diverse
communities
in
australia.
I
hope
everyone
can
see
some
of
those
figures.
For
instance,
48
of
residents
in
brimbank
were
born
overseas.
That's
an
incredible
amount
of
diversity
that
we
have
also.
There
are
over
160
different
languages
and
spoken
in
brimbank
and
75
of
our
residents
identify
with
their
faith
or
religion.
B
We
are
also,
unfortunately,
the
second
most
disadvantaged
municipality
in
greater
melbourne
council
values.
This
diverse
setting
its
role
in
making
a
remake
of
vibrant
and
successful
community
and
the
diversity
is
actually
one
of
our
huge
strengths,
but
where
it's
important
for
us
to
also
understand
the
disadvantage
and
also
the
potential
discrimination
that
that
can
cause
for
our
community.
B
We
also
know
that
the
fact
that
we
have
such
significant
pockets
of
disadvantage
that
this
was
actually
one
of
the
you
know
main
things
that
affected
bring
bank
disproportionately
around
the
cover
19
pandemic,
as
many
people
will
be
aware,
brim
bank
actually
at
one
point,
was
a
hot
spot
for
covered
covert
cases
and
that
I
think,
actually
highlighted
and
put
a
strong
lens
on
the
fact
that
in
most
of
the
parts
of
melbourne
where
there
was
high
disadvantage,
they
were
the
most
hardest
hit
and
affected
by
covert.
B
Thanks
brooke,
the
impact
of
coca-19
and
unemployment,
2020
has
seen
brimbank
and
the
world
confronted
by
the
global
pandemic,
which
has
caused
widespread
health
well-being
and
economic
harm.
B
B
The
unemployment
extends
beyond
10
percent.
In
several
of
our
neighborhoods,
including
sin
albans
kicks
park,
sunshine,
north
and
sunshine
west,
notably,
we
expect
these
figures
to
get
worse
by
the
september
and
december
quarters
as
a
result
of
the
second
lockdown,
the
impact
of
covert
19
on
job
seekers.
B
B
The
results
reveal
that
the
pandemic
has
had
detrimental
impact
on
mental
health,
social
connections
and
family
relationships,
and
you
can
see
the
highest
number
seeking
assistance
is
actually
in
that
mental
health
field
around
68.7,
as
well
as
isolation
and
loneliness.
We
know
this
was
a
huge
impact
in
our
municipality
and
continues
to
be.
B
There
is
also
increased
demand
for
material
aid
and
emergency
relief,
housing
and
income
support.
Thank
you,
brooke.
So
council's
response
to
cobia
19.
Since
the
very
early
days
of
the
the
pandemic
council
has
been
supporting
our
community
in
many
ways,
including
sharing
information
about
the
pandemic
and
the
virus,
and
how
to
prevent
transmission
and
keep
healthy
and
safe,
supporting
a
number
of
testing
sites
in
brimbank,
with
the
state
government,
maintaining
contact
with
vulnerable
residents
transitioning.
B
Council's
response
has
been
formalized
into
these
two
key
documents,
and
these
are
both
available
on
council's
website.
The
corona
virus
response
and
recovery
strategy,
as
well
as
our
19-point
action
plan
for
covered
response
and
recovery,
which
highlights
our
advocacy
around
this
issue
to
state
and
federal
government.
B
The
just
going
back
to
the
strategy,
it
was
actually
adopted
by
council,
firstly
in
april
2020,
and
we
do
monthly
progress
reports
to
council,
including
some
of
the
data
that
I've
just
presented
today,
we're
currently
working
in
the
organization
with
others
to
be
able
to
review
this
document
to
see
what
our
I
guess.
Next
stage
of
supporting
the
community
during
recovery
will
be
in
2020
and
beyond.
B
So
for
budget
highlights,
I
briefly
outlined
some
highlights
from
the
state
and
federal
budget.
There
are
many
other
announcements
with
indirect
and
potential
benefit
to
brimbane,
but
I'll
leave
these
to
be
discussed
by
emma
in
the
breakout
discussions.
Our
local
highlights
include
the
melbourne
airport
railing.
It
has
now
been
confirmed
that
the
melbourne
airport
rail
link
will
run
via
sunshine,
which
provides
long-term
foundation
for
social
and
economic
development.
B
The
suburban
rail
loop,
which
will
be
the
state
government,
has
allocated
funding
to
start.
The
project
will
ultimately
include
a
new
transport
hub
at
sunshine
mental
health.
The
state
government
has
allocated
funding
to
provide
additional
mental
health
beds
at
sunshine
hospital,
which
will
go
some
way
to
meeting
current
and
forecast
demand
open
space.
State
government
funding
has
allocated
funding
for
upgrades
to
visitor
facilities
and
playgrounds,
including
organ
pipes,
national
park
and
brimbank
park,
which
is
a
very
welcome
investment.
B
Next
slide,
we
also
know
that
there's
going
to
be
school
upgrades
up
to
56.8
million
over
four
years,
which
will
be
at
seven
locations
in
brimbank
30
million
for
the
western
rail
plan
as
part
of
the
1.1
billion
for
priority
road
and
rail
projects
in
victoria,
and
also
25.1
million
over
four
years
for
an
upgrading
expansion
of
the
sunshine
law
courts.
There
will
also
be
16.8
million
to
install
traffic
signals
at
the
melton
highway
sunshine
avenue
old,
colder
intersection
at
tyler's.
B
Lakes,
no
budget
is
perfect
and
we
have
time
to
discuss
some
of
the
the
gaps
later.
However,
I'll
just
highlight
some
prominent
gaps,
so
norman's
health
and
wellbeing
hub
council
is
currently
building
and
a
new
health
and
wellbeing
hub
at
sonorbans
to
replace
the
foremost
and
auburn's
leisure
center.
B
That's
a
60
million
dollar
project
and
we
were
very
happy
to
to
receive
2
million
dollars
from
the
state
government
which
was
announced
this
year.
However,
there
hasn't
been
any
further
allocation
from
the
state
or
federal
government
to
that
project.
B
However,
we
will
continue
to
keep
advocating
the
local
such
shovel
ready
projects.
No
dedicated
funding
was
provided
in
this,
these
budget
announcements
and
for
jobseeker
there
were
no.
There
were
further
cuts
to
the
rate
of
job
seeker
and
no
announcement
has
been
made
on
a
permanent
rate,
so
there
will
be
plenty
of
time
in
today's
session
to
talk
a
bit
more
around
those
gaps.