People across Northern Victoria will get the skills they need for the jobs Labor is creating, with the biggest change to TAFE and skills training in Victoria’s history announced in the 2018/19 Labor State Budget. From 2019, TAFE courses in priority areas will be free for students across Victoria. Labor’s record investment in road and…
Echuca is set to host the Winter Blues Festival thanks to support from the Andrews Labor Government. Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp MP today announced that Echuca will once again host the Winter Blues Festival in July. The Winter Blues Festival will be held at a multitude of venues across Echuca and Moama and…
The Shepparton Runners Club, Swan Hill Kart Club, Echuca Moama Croquet Club, Kyvalley Tennis Club and the Lockington Golf Club are set to take their game up a notch when it comes to dealing with an emergency on and off the park with a new defibrillator and training package from the Andrews Labor Government. Member…
The Andrews Labor Government is delivering record new funding to neighbourhood houses across Victoria to support their staff, their volunteers and the local communities they serve. As part of the Victorian Budget 2018/2019, the Labor Government will invest $21.8 million across the neighbourhood house network so that more families can access the activities and services…
The Andrews Labor Government is taking action to reduce family violence, with a leading Aboriginal service provider receiving a major grant to deliver a specialist service across the state. Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp today announced that the Dardi Munwurro organisation will receive a grant worth almost $400,000 to deliver a package of interventions…
Volunteer emergency-service groups can apply for Andrews Labor Government grants of up to $150,000 to help buy operational equipment and fund minor facility upgrades. Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp MP today urged local groups to apply for the grants with applications now open for the 2018-19 round of Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program funding.…
Ambulance response times across Victoria are the best in nine years thanks to record Andrews Labor Government investment into our ambulance services. Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Jill Hennessy today released the Victorian Health Services and Ambulance Victoria Performance Data for the March quarter, which also showed improved ambulance turnaround times in hospital emergency…
More people with a terminal illness in Shepparton and across the West Hume region will be able to get the compassionate palliative care they need, closer to home, thanks to an Andrews Labor Government boost to services and jobs in the sector. Minister for Health Jill Hennessy today announced regional palliative care consultancy services across…
Drivers in North West Victoria can look forward to safer, more reliable roads as the Andrews Labor Government launches the biggest regional road maintenance blitz Victoria has ever seen. The Victorian Budget 2018/19 allocates $941 million to get on with the job of fixing Victoria’s regional road network, including a massive $77 million maintenance uplift…
The Andrews Labor Government is leading the way to ensure all Victorian kids are ready for school, with new specialised funding to allow kinders to support them where they need it most. In an Australian first, Victorian kindergartens will be given $58.1 million worth of school readiness funding to engage experts and access innovative programs.…