THERE seems to be a fair amount of bad news about the place at the moment.
And it’s likely to be a case of “do you want the good news or the bad news” on Tuesday this week, when the Victorian Government hands down its budget around lunchtime today, followed by the Reserve Bank of Australia telling us whether they are dropping the interest rates at 2.30pm.
Seems the banks have already priced in a cut of 0.25% with another reduction to come, which is good news for mortgage holders, but not so much for retirees.
And it appears that the State Government has prepared us for what is expected to be a tough budget, by making some positive announcements ahead of the big reveal, allocating almost $1 billion for road and bridge maintenance and free public transport for children and teens.
Honestly, most people would be happy to pay for public transport so long as the service is on time, safe, good value and clean and tidy. The same goes for camping in state-owned parks.
But there’s no point adding to the bad news this week.
Instead, we’ll focus on the efforts of the Dalyston Football Netball Club to highlight the need for more funding and more research into Motor Neurone Disease (MND) by staging their own version of the Big
Freeze Slide before the main game on Saturday and at half time.
Recent research into the cause and effects of MND, a disease that weakens the nerves that allow you to move, swallow, talk and breathe, indicates promising developments in treating the affliction including new drug development and advancements in drug screening technologies.
Dalyston FNC continues to punch well above its weight in the positive impact it has on the community, not only in providing a healthy, character-building, social outlet for its players and supporters but also by taking on various public health promotion and community causes including their fantastic efforts on the weekend.
And that goes for all our football netball clubs, and indeed all our other sporting and social clubs, providing an outlet for the energy and exuberance of youth and turning out good citizens along the way, hopefully to some success on the field.
Well done Dalyston, and well done to all the volunteers of our sporting clubs who play such an important role in maintaining the fabric of our community.
On that score, it’s high time the authorities gave the Phillip Island Football Netball Club, an organisation that’s bursting at the seams trying to provide an outlet to the youth of the Island, with a way forward and a timeline for the opening up of some new playing fields on the shire-owned ‘Carnival Land’ in Cowes.
