Northern Victoria Hospital workers, patients and visitors will be safer as more security guards are deployed as part of another Andrews Labor Government initiative to stamp out violence in hospitals. Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp, has announced the following hospitals will receive funding to increase security staffing. -Cohuna District Hospital. This funding boost will…
DetailsCommunities in the Gannawarra Shire , Mildura Shire, Moira Shire and Shepparton Shire will benefit from $79,162 in grants as part of the latest round of Community Safety Fund (CSF) grants. The grants provide up to $10,000 in funding to councils and not-for-profit groups, for projects that help prevent crime and support people to feel…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government is helping put on fun, educational – and free – events this October in Northern Victoria as part of Children’s Week. Children Week Grants ranging from $500 to $1300 will be provided to not-for-profit organisations and councils to host free and fun activities for families as part of Children’s Week, which…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government will replace sporting equipment stolen from the Congupna Football Netball Club. Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp, today announced the club would receive $1,994.94 from the Government’s Sport and Recreation Emergency Equipment Grants program. Mr Gepp said, “Unfortunately, our sporting clubs are sometimes targeted by vandals and thieves who damage and…
DetailsManangatang Racing Club will gallop into the history books on Saturday 14 October when it celebrates 100 years of racing with the running of the 2017 Manangatang Cup. Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp announced the Andrews Labor Government is providing more than $23,000 towards the Manangatang Cup – Centenary of Racing event, courtesy of…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government is delivering a $115 million boost to give Victoria’s busy hospitals relief from a massive surge in demand following one of Victoria’s worst-ever flu seasons. Today, Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp, announced that local public hospitals and Bush Nursing centres will share in a special funding support package. “Hospitals across…
DetailsIn an extraordinary slap in the face to people in regional Victoria, Matthew Guy and Peter Walsh have abolished the Regional Development portfolio from the Coalition Shadow Cabinet. In a desperate Grand Final week shadow cabinet reshuffle, Matthew Guy and Peter Walsh have revealed their true colours when it comes to regional Victoria – once…
DetailsSporting teams in Swan Hill and Mildura will receive funding to encourage more Aboriginal Victorians to play the sports they love. The Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp, today announced these teams will share in more than $34,000 across Victoria from the first round of the Andrews Labor Government’s Sporting Club Grants Program. Mr Gepp…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government is helping Aboriginal communities deliver improved Maternal and Child Health services to families and children in Echuca. Funding for Njernda Aboriginal Corporation is part of the Labor Government’s Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health Initiative – which will help trial new culturally responsive models in Northern Victoria. Member for Northern Victoria, Mark…
DetailsMember for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp, says a new EPA officer has started working with Greater Shepparton City Council and will increase protection for the local environment. “The start of the new officer, under the Andrews Labor Government’s new Officers for the Protection of the Local Environment’ (OPLE), will see EPA officers work with selected…
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