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Dear Resident, Historic Pear Tree

The NSW Government continues to deliver enhanced health, transport and education A rare remnant of Holland’s Orchard, infrastructure for our Davidson electorate. which once flourished on The Forest High School site, was identified during The new 488 bed Hospital is now open. It provides increased planning for the widening of Warringah public and private patient capacity and employs over 1,200 staff. Stage One of the Road at the Northern Beaches Hospital surrounding roadworks is complete, including a widened Frenchs Forest Road. Work site. A cutting of the historic pear tree along Warringah Road will continue in 2019 to improve intersections and traffic flows. was presented to Frenchs Forest Public School to grow proudly on the school Since March 2011, the NSW Government has introduced over 24,000 new weekly bus grounds. services, including many locally. Train services have also recently increased along the T1 North Shore line in advance of the new Metro operating.

The new Lindfield Learning Village on the former UTS Campus site will welcome its first students next year. There has been strong demand for the new school and its innovative educational model. Major capital works are also progressing for Killara and St Ives High Schools, and St Ives North Public School.

I wish you a safe Christmas holiday season and a happy 2019.

In This Issue: • Delivering for Davidson • Local Sports Grants • Business Breakfast and Fighting • Rugby Club Kicks Goals • Community Grants Chance • Students in the ‘Bear Pit’ • Coffee for Justice • Connect with Me Online • More Recreation Facilities • Community Service Awards • Parliamentary Representation Belrose Gordon

1. Uniting Forest Preschool quality learning 27. Gordon Community Preschool professional $14,784 $1,500 environments funding development grant

2. Belrose Public School maintenance, teacher 28. Gordon East Public School maintenance, $463,908 skills development and needs-based funding teacher skills development, needs-based funding, $729,818 sustainable garden and playground update 3. Wakehurst Public School maintenance, teacher skills development, oval renovations and needs- 29. Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury new $741,584 $10,100 based funding environmentally friendly lighting 4. Mona Vale Road/Forest Way intersection work $2.15mil 30. Gordon Baptist Church alterations, additions $43,000 and hearing loop installation 5. Forest Way/Garigal Road intersection work $3mil 31. Gordon Girl Guides modifications tohall $5,834 6. Belrose Rural Fire Brigade station refurbishment $20,000 32. Traffic Improvements to Pacific Highway / 7. Wingara Playground upgrade $25,000 $1.2mil Mona Vale Road intersection 8. Belrose Bowling Club modernised club facilities $11,000 33. Gordon Junior Rugby Club playing & training $11,250 9. St Stephens Belrose Kindergarten carpark gear, skills development and hosting festival $6,500 fence and two gate entry 34. Gordon Station refresh carpark and $25.9mil 10. Belrose Rugby League Football Club picket interchange upgrade $12,738 fence at Lionel Watts Oval 35. Ku-ring-gai Seniors Fiesta supporting an active $4,000 11 . Wakehurst Rugby Club playing surface and healthy body, mind and soul $50,000 refurbishment 36. Northern Suburbs Football Association new $5,000 12. Wakehurst Football Club lighting upgrade at fencing at Darnley Oval $30,000 Hews Parade field 37. Ku-ring-gai Council support funding $14.55mil Castle Cove Davidson 13. Castle Cove Public School maintenance, 38. St Martin’s Catholic School eco schools teacher skills development, air conditioning and $745,587 $3,500 needs-based funding program 14 . Improvements to Eastern Valley Way and 39. Kambora Public School maintenance, teacher $250,000 $363,864 Castle Cove Drive skills development and needs-based funding 40. Davidson High School maintenance and 15. Willoughby Council support funding $8.7mil $1.39mil needs-based funding

Roseville 41. Davidson Rural Fire Brigade new fire truck $168,000 garages 16. St Andrew’s Anglican Church new play area $12,000 fencing Oxford Falls 17. Early Career Writer Grant to Shankari $5,000 Nadanachandran 42. Wakehurst Parkway habitat protection and weed control $70,200 18. Roseville Public School teacher skills 43. Narrabeen Lagoon floodplain risk development, eco schools program, playground $849,021 $131,680 project and needs-based funding management 19. Traffic improvements Boundary Street at 44. Wakehurst Parkway flood mitigation study $5mil Archbold Road and Penshurst Street $100,000 20. Roseville RSL Sub Branch maintenance of $5,610 Roseville War Memorial 21. East Roseville Bowling Club purchase of $4,730 specialist bowls 22. Roseville Junior Rugby Union jerseys, $17,000 equipment and level 2 coaching 23. Roseville Station refresh & improved security $1.08mil 24. Roseville Lawn Tennis Club defibrillator grant $1,248 A new vehicle was officially presented to the Davidson Rural Fire 25. Roseville Park Tennis Club new pavilion $30,000 Brigade just in time for the bushfire season. The presentation was 26. Roseville Cricket Club upgrade cricket training made at the Brigade’s recently extended headquarters, also partly $15,000 facilities, Roseville Oval State-funded. Among local Brigade members recently honoured with awards was Jeff Cree, for 50 years service. Delivering for Davidson: 115 Local Projects Funded Over 4 Years

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Roseville Castle Cove The Forest 54. Northern Beaches Hospital and Mona Vale $600mil Hospital upgrades 55. Northern Beaches Hospital roadworks, $500mil including Warringah Road upgrade Killara 56. Beaches Link Tunnel geotechnical $100mil+ 45. KU Killara Park Preschool quality learning investigations and planning environments funding and installation of access $27,657 57. New shared path for cyclists and pedestrians, $250,000 ramp between Forest Way and Prince Charles Road 46. Killara & District Softball Club new softball 58. New Pedestrian Bridge at Forestville, $2,950 equipment including lifts, stairs, protective roofing, bike racks, $5mil 47. Killara Bowling Club specialist bowls, safety fencing & footpaths $16,000 disabled toilet 59. Frenchs Forest Public School maintenance, 48. Killara Lawn Tennis Club contribution towards teacher skills development and needs-based $770,786 $2,000 resurfacing six courts funding 49. Killara High School maintenance and needs- 60. The Forest Districts Australian Football Club $2.91mil $28,974 based funding electronic scoreboard, uniforms, equipment and fee subsidies 50. Killara Uniting Church weatherproofing and $23,000 restoration of historical features 61. Mimosa Public School maintenance, teacher skills development, needs-based funding and eco $750,850 51. Killara Catholic Church disabled access $15,000 schools grant 52. Killara Carpark upgrade $7.5mil 62. Forestville Montessori School eco schools $3,500 organic kitchen garden 53. Ku-ring-gai Council Middle Harbour southern $100,000 catchments flood study 63. Northern Beaches Council Middle Harbour $148,000 Flood Study Additional educational projects such as the Killara High 64. Northern Beaches Council support funding $79.73mil School, St Ives High School and St Ives North Public School (including to pre-amalgamated councils) upgrades form part of a $6 billion capital works program over four years for more than 170 new & upgraded NSW schools. 65. Uniting Church Forest Kirk fencing and gates $8,519 St Ives St Ives 66. Sunnyfield’s Kookaburra House kitchen 90. St Ives Preschool Kindergarten, KU St Ives $16,500 upgrade Barra Brui and KU The Chase Preschools quality $36,119 learning environments funding 67. Mona Vale Road and Douglas Street $307,000 intersection upgrade 91. Scouts Association repairs to Barra Brui Region Activity Hall $6,500 68. Ku-ring-gai Council clean up of St Ives Village carpark litter and two upgrade grants for $148,005 92. St Ives Football Club special needs equipment $3,100 Youth and Community Centre Lindfield 69. St Ives Preschool Kindergarten Professional $1,500 Development Grant 93. East Lindfield Community Preschool quality $15,000 learning environments funding 70. Christ Church St Ives Preschool Professional $1,500 Development Grant 94. Lindfield Public School maintenance, teacher $1,512,738 71. St Ives Public School maintenance, teacher skills development and needs-based funding skills development, playground rejuvenation, eco $941,636 95. Lindfield East Public School maintenance, garden and needs-based funding $1.43mil teacher skills development & needs-based funding 71. St Ives North Public School maintenance, 96. Lindfield Sports Centre new bus bay teacher skills development and needs-based $2.2mil $80,000 funding 97. Northern Suburbs Cricket Association larger synthetic wickets at Wellington Sportsground $15,000 73. St Ives Park Public School maintenance, teacher skills development, playground upgrade, $395,148 98. Lindfield Soldiers Memorial Park new eco garden and needs-based funding playground $30,000 74 . St Ives High School maintenance, needs- 99. Lindfield Scouts hall repairs $8,954 $1,595,575 based funding, hospitality garden 100. Lindfield Girl Guide hall repairs $8,247 75. St Ives Bowling & Recreation Club new 101. Friends of Lane Cove National Park restoring outdoor shade awning $15,000 $100,000 and repurposing Jenkins’s Cottage Kitchen 76. St Ives Junior AFL Club new female change $30,000 102. Cromehurst School needs-based funding and rooms $145,251 teacher skills development 77. Chabad House commercial kitchen for $20,000 103. Lindfield Junior Rugby Club rugby jerseys community use $11,000 and training equipment 78. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School eco $3,500 104. Lindfield District Cricket Club covers for turf schools grant $35,000 wickets, replace and expand cricket nets 79. Sir Eric Woodward Memorial School 105. Lindfield Holy Family Church improved maintenance, teacher skills development and $15,000 $268,105 outdoor playing spaces needs-based funding 106. Lady Game Community Kindergarten 80. St Ives Junior Cricket Club coaching, cricket $17,000 children’s bathroom upgrade and quality learning $17,845 pitch upgrade and girls’ cricket promotion environments funding 81. Primary Soccer Participation Expo at Toolang $2,000 107. North Shore Synagogue new youth centre, Oval $20,000 improved access and security 82. Ku-ring-gai Cubs Junior Rugby League $4,725 108. Lindfield East Scouts upgraded kitchen practice wicket cover at Barra Brui Oval $11,679 facilities and safety 83. St Ives Football wire screen at Warimoo Oval $6,000 109. Lindfield Station refresh $880,000 84. Corpus Christi Church improved outdoor $10,000 110. Mongo Football Club hosting Gala Days $4,250 playing spaces 111 . Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services new 85. Ku-ring-gai Council restore, consolidate & $7,000 cool room at Lane Cove National Park connect fragmented, degraded Duffys Forest $63,500 ecology at St Ives Showground 112. Lindfield Bowling Club underground irrigation $30,000 system 86. Northside Riding Club accessible and safe $12,321 toilets at St Ives Showground 113. Anglican Church and preschool (Moore $14,900 Avenue) replacement kitchen 87. St Ives Rugby Club coaching, clothing, training equipment and Open Day $9,600 114. East Lindfield Netball Club upgrade tennis $6,288 courts for netball use 88. Ku-ring-gai Council restore Warrimoo Coastal upland swamp in St Ives Chase $69,043 115. Lindfield Learning Village, with a newschool $40mil 89. Yoga for Seniors, Chair Yoga for Seniors $790 Plus over $3 million in general environment grants Rugby Club Kicks Goals Community Grants

The Forest Rugby Club’s 60th anniversary Much of this year’s Community Building celebrations raised $48,000 for charity through Partnership Program (CBPP) funding a 24 hour relay at Melwood Oval and a jersey has been allocated to upgrade green auction. Recipients included the White Knight open spaces. Wakehurst Public Foundation, which supports victims of youth School P&C will receive $18,300 violence and raises awareness of its dangers, for oval renovations, Gordon East as well as Bushlink, which provides meaningful Public School P&C $65,181 to employment opportunities for people with a update playground equipment and disability. provide a new sunshade, and St Ives Primary School P&C will benefit from $20,000 for playground rejuvenation. Students in the ‘Bear Pit’ Roseville Public School P&C receives $37,000 for a playground upgrade Nicknamed the ‘bear pit’, the NSW Legislative Assembly Chamber was recently visited and St Ives Park Public School P&C by Davidson’s primary school leaders while the ‘bears’ were hibernating. The annual receives $30,000 for new playground school tours provide student leaders with an opportunity to learn more about our equipment. democratic system and ask questions. The visits concluded with afternoon tea and a presentation of certificates to the student leaders. Other recipients are: • Ku-ring-gai Council: $56,100 to upgrade the St Ives Youth and Community Centre • Lindfield Bowling Club: $30,000 for an underground irrigation system • St Stephens Belrose Kindergarten: $6,500 for a new carpark fence and gates • Scouting Association: $6,500 for repairs to the Barra Brui Hall • Uniting Church Forest Kirk: over $8,519 for fencing and gates • Anglican Church (& preschool), Moore Ave Lindfield: $14,900 for a replacement kitchen • Roseville Park Tennis Club: $30,000 for a new pavilion • Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services: $7,000 towards service works and a new cool room at More Recreation Facilities Lane Cove National Park Further to a recent dedication of state land for futsal courts and parkland in Wyatt Avenue Belrose, I am delighted that work is progressing at the former Belrose landfill site to create a new bike park under the management of Northern Beaches Council. The new regional facility will open in 2019.

Local Sports Grants

$50,000 has been allocated to the following local sporting organisations in the last month to improve facilities and encourage participation:

• Australian Football Club: $20,000 for a new electronic scoreboard at Lionel Watts Reserve $80,000 from 2017 CBPP funding • Gordon Junior Rugby Club: $11,250 for equipment and activities helped establish a new bus bay • The Mongo Football Club: $4,250 for the Club’s gala days for schools and community groups • Roseville Junior Rugby Union Club: $5,000 for new equipment at the West Lindfield Sport and • St Ives Rugby Club: $9,500 for equipment and activities Recreation Centre. Coffee for Justice Community Service Awards

Congratulations to the owners of Roseville’s Congratulations to local NSW Government Community Service Awards Café Nate, Christopher and Rachel Lafazanis recipients, Frank Windeyer of Roseville and Rachael Jackson of Belrose. and their staff, for providing free coffee on 27 August to encourage donations to the Frank is the President of Easy Care Gardening, a community organisation that work of International Justice Mission . helps older people and eligible clients with a disability to maintain their gardens. The initiative closely followed the NSW He has also admirably served with the Army Reserve, Scouting movement and Parliament’s passing of the Modern Slavery Lindfield Rotary Club. Act 2018, which aims to stop slavery and human trafficking. Rachael advocates in the areas of domestic violence, disability access, mental illness and homelessness. She coordinates a Forest area ‘News and Community’ Facebook group and contributes through Northern Beaches Council, Frenchs Forest Lions Club and a school P&C Association.

Connect with Me Online

To learn more about what’s happening in the community: • like me on Facebook Community Contribution www.facebook.com/jonathanodeamp Our community benefits from the work of many • follow me on Instagram active community organisations and their www.instagram.com/jonathanodeamp energetic and generous volunteers. Lindfield • visit my website Rotary Club assisted the Cancer Council to www.jonathanodea.com.au raise funds on Daffodil Day by running a stall at To receive this newsletter electronically in Lindfield Railway Station. Thanks to all involved future, please complete the online form at in our many service clubs and volunteer groups http://eepurl.com/c4PDg1 across the Davidson electorate.

Parliamentary Business Breakfast & Fighting Chance

Representation This year’s Davidson Business Breakfast featured NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet speaking on the NSW economy. Frenchs Forest-based charity, Fighting Chance, Since first being elected in 2007, I have was also supported in its excellent work addressed the NSW Parliament on your of facilitating jobs, education and social behalf over 800 times, including on more than participation for people with disabilities. Co- 100 occasions this year. To learn more about founder Laura O’Reilly spoke passionately how I’m representing you, visit: about Fighting Chance’s Jigsaw employment www.jonathanodea.com.au program.

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