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    CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST

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    Champions of the West is brought to you by Dr Daniel Mulino, federal Labor MP for Fraser.
    If you would like to nominate a Champion of the West, email daniel.mulino.mp@aph.gov.au

    Daniel Mulino
    Federal MP for Fraser

    (03) 9070 1974
    Shop 1, 25–27 Clarke St, Sunshine VIC 3020

    Champions of the West – Rick van Keulen

    You would not believe how much splendour exists in deceptively motley-looking blocks of grassland in St Albans and Cairnlea. Walk through them with Rick van Keulen and he helps you see all the different, often winsomely-named plants, such as featherheads, button wrinkleworts, golden billybuttons and showy podolepis, many of which have begun to flower.

    Champions of the West – John Pardy: Saving working class stories from the demolisher’s ball

    John Pardy was stopped in his tracks when walking past Sunshine Tech one day and now works to see the buildings protected.

    Champions of the West – Ian Hamm

    In 1964, when he was three weeks old, Ian Hamm was taken from his birth mother, and given to a white family in Yarrawonga, a town on the Murray River that neighbours Lake Mulwala. 

    Champions of the West – Living Museum of the West: Peter Haffenden

    The bravery and suffering of Australian soldiers in the various theatres of World War I and II has been covered comprehensively. Less attention has been given to what went on at home during the war years, which explains the importance of The Logic of Logistics, an exhibition by Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West. 

    CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST – YMCA ReBuild

    Ravenhall Correctional Centre provides a six-week YMCA ReBuild program that helps young men avoid a return to prison.