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Construction of the new $34.4 million Northern Health Teaching, Training and Research Precinct has begun.

Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek, turned the first sod for a facility that will help to address the current shortage of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, particularly in the northern fringes of Melbourne.

Rob Mitchell MP, Member for McEwen, Harry Jenkins MP and Andrew Giles all helped the Minister turn the first sod.

Harry has welcome the Federal Government's committment to this vital project as it will mean that future health professionals are trained right here in Epping.

The precinct will train up to 665 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in the areas of medicine, nursing and a range of allied health disciplines.

The project is expected to be completed by December 2014. 

NBN kicks goals in South Morang

An NBN-enabled 'AFL virtual coaching session' was held with children from Epping and South Morang Football Clubs, with coaching expertise from two AFL legends, Robert 'Dipper' Dipierdomenico and Brent 'Boomer' Harvey.

It was a great way of demonstrating how sport will benefit from a high-speed broadband and the high-definition video.

Harry was pleased to see children from Epping and South Morang benefit from NBN fibre services.

2,300 homes and business in South Morang can now access NBN fibre (purple on map below).

17,600 homes and businesses in Bundoora, Epping, Mill Park and South Morang will have access to National Broadband Network fibre services under NBN Co's first three year fibre roll out plan (orange on map below).

Construction of the fibre network in these areas will begin progressively between April 2012 and June 2015.

Storytime at Mill Park Library

Harry shared his passion for reading at Pre-School Storytime at the Mill Park Library.

He read four books to the pre-schoolers, including The Wide Mouthed Frog, Dinner Time and RRRalph.

 Harry is an ambassor for the Yarra Plenty Regional Library National Year of Reading, and he wants to help people discover and rediscover the magic of books.

Storytime is a popular activity at the library, with a schedule of 10 storytimes each week.

Jobs and community services, schools, health reform, the environment and support for the disadvantaged.

Harry works hard to ensure that the northern suburbs of Melbourne gets its fair share of benefits.  His actions have always been about the local area and how Labor can improve the lives of the residents of Scullin.

New Resource building and gymnasium at St Clare's School

A major building project is now complete - a new Resource building including a children's kitchen and two learning spaces, as well as a fully equiped art room, and a new all weather gymnasium with a full sized basketball, netball and volleyball courts.

New learning environment for Meadowglen Primary  

The new $3.2 million Multipurpose centre is now in use at Meadowglen Primary, providing a new learning environment for students.

The new centre includes 6 classrooms and an open learning area with access to ICT, and was built as part of the Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution (BER).  They replace the relocatable buildings teachers and students previously worked in. 

Almost every local government and non-government school is benefiting from the Building the Education Revolution program.

Here is a full list of the 87 projects at local schools.

Since the Federal Labor Government was elected in 2007, Harry has secured funding for:

Local jobs and the economy - with more than $665 million to stimulate the local region's economy, including upgrades and repairs to schools, social housing units and recreation and sporting facilities.

Health - a new $3.7 million South Morang GP Super Clinic will be built in the rapidly growing City of Whittlesea. The service will include privately and publicly provided primary care services based around a general practice employing 12 GPs.

Local Schools - a record investment of $101.9 million for local government schools to build much needed infrastructure like libraries, sporting facilities, class rooms, halls and science centres.

Community Building - a significant investment in local community development and infrastructure through the Nation Building Program. 

Housing - 34 new affordable rental homes will be built in the electorate for low and middle income families and 53 public houses will be upgraded or undergo repairs, increasing the supply of affordable housing and improving the quality of life of public housing tenants.