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Crowds braved the pouring rain to catch a glimpse of "our Mary". She was accompanied by her husband Prince Frederik, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Premier Ted Baillieu.
Members of the Broadmeadows Historical Society were among the first consumers to “ test drive “ a new financial website aimed at making money matters easy. The MoneySmart website, developed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) , was launched at the Hume Global Learning Village recently by Member for Calwell Maria Vamvakinou, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer David Bradbury.
In recent days I have had much pleasure in being present at the recognition ceremonies for many of the schools in my electorate as their Building the Education Revolution programs have been officially opened. Each and every student, teacher and parent I have encountered is absolutely rapt with the new facility in their school community. They are very grateful and they want me to convey to the government their deep gratitude and their many thanks for the resources that were made available to their school community. I do want to name some of those schools, because it is very important to recognise the good work that they do.
Today I opened the library and language learning centre at St Mary's Coptic Orthodox College.The school received more than $4.6million from the Federal Government. Facilities like this are important in helping children develop to the best of their ability.
I was pleased to announce together with the Minister for innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, that the Federal Government will invest $30 million to increase Australia’s research capacity through Broadmeadows company CSL. The company is a provider of vaccines, anti-venoms and blood products. The research will benefit the whole of Australia and possibly the world. The funding will result in 333 ongoing, highly skilled jobs and an average of 320 full-time jobs during construction.
