92 Years Waiting for a Train - Committee for Greater Frankston

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Progress to Date

For the past two federal elections we have had bipartisan federal support but not enough money to build it.

Without additional state and federal funding this project will not proceed.

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Who to contact

Peta Murphy

Federal Labor MP – Dunkley

peta.murphy.mp@aph.gov.au

Sharn Coombes

Federal Liberal Candidate – Dunkley

Sharn.Coombes@vic.liberal.org.au

The Hon Greg Hunt

Federal Liberal MP – Flinders

greg.hunt.MP@aph.gov.au

Paul Edbrooke

State Labor MP -Frankston

paul.edbrooke@parliament.vic.gov.au

Why we need this project

Audits yes, do Frankston Rail extension too

The following comments were submitted in response to The Age article “Auditor-general mulls review of federal infrastructure spending in Victoria” published on 13 May, 2022 When the federal Auditor-General reviews infrastructure funding allocated to Victoria (The Age, 13/5), he also needs to look at how the Victorian government starves Melbourne’s outer suburbs.The Andrews Labor government has steadfastly […]

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Suburban rail loop hurts Frankston

The following comments were submitted online in response to the Nine News article “Albanese pledges $2.2 billion boost for Melbourne’s new train network” and the Herald Sun article “Federal Labor pledges $2.2bn for Andrews government’s Suburban Rail Loop” Suburban rail loop hurts Frankston Labor’s Anthony Albanese promising the Victorian government $2.2bn for stage one of the Suburban […]

ABC News live from Dunkley

ABC News visited Frankston this week to find out from Dunkley residents what matters the most to them this election. Rising cost of living, housing affordability and lack of infrastructure for the community formed the basis of the three following features. An election news article was published on 10 May interviewing the Committee for Greater Frankston about the lack of progress […]

Sky is struggling to compete for a new rental in Melbourne, in a trend that’s ‘getting worse’

ABC News, 10 May 2022 By Margaret Paul Sky has been to more than 50 house inspections in Melbourne’s outer south in the past three months, looking for a new private rental for her and her five children. She is paying $520 a week for her current four-bedroom house, which is about half her income […]

Nothing for Frankston rail in state Budget – again

The Victorian Budget was again a great disappointment for proponents of the long-proposed Frankston rail extension. Not one red cent was allocated to the project. Frankston was mentioned just once in the Budget, announced on Tuesday by Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas. The state government doled out $9.7 million for suburban streetscape improvements, yes, less than […]

Locals speak on ‘how to improve Frankston public transport’

Fresh eyes on public transport in Frankston – that’s what Warwick Smith brings to the table; eyes that confirm many of the priorities for which C4GF has been advocating since its formation in early 2018, like extending the metro train line. Warwick is a relative newcomer, arriving in 2013 from Sydney, attracted by affordable housing […]

And away we go – the election campaign

After months of speculation, the federal election campaign started last Monday and there’s just five weeks until polling day on Saturday 21 May. The campaign will likely focus on cost-of-living pressures, climate change, and Liberal and Labor competence to govern, but in our electorate of Dunkley, all eyes will be on which party stumps up […]

Victoria on infrastructure rations, outer ’burbs starve

The federal Budget has once again put Victoria on infrastructure rations but it’s the outer suburbs that suffer most, says advocacy group the Committee for Greater Frankston. Canberra’s $225 million for the proposed Frankston rail line extension remains on the table, but the Victorian government continues to ignore the project. “While the Coalition government and […]

In December 2021 we launched our community awareness campaign on 3MP showcasing a series of local voices, expressing the need for the Frankston rail extension, as 92 years is too long to wait.

Take a trip back in time to 1929 when the Victorian Parliamentary Committee for proposed the Frankston train line extension

Ritchies CEO Fred Harrison discusses the economic benefits of an extension to our local businesses.

Local student Renae talks about the need for public transport to help young people access jobs and education.

This segment is an urgent call to action for Canberra to, once and for all, deliver this national infrastructure priority project and thus help our community thrive.

Social reform advocate and local resident Rev Tim Costello reflects on the growth of the Frankston community from a seaside town to a bustling city.

The Committee for Greater Frankston CEO, Ginevra Hosking asks the question, Where the bloody hell is our train?

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