Warrnambool East Primary School Koori Club has received a $2,500 Brumby Labor Government funding boost to support volunteers. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP announced today that OCR FM had received $2,500 from the latest round of Victorian Volunteer Small Grants. She said the organisation had received the grant for its ‘Cultural Awareness Program…
Mortlake is set to benefit from Brumby Government funding to support tourism and boost local jobs. “The Mortlake Festival will receive a $2,000 boost through a Brumby Government program to support a number of events in regional Victoria,” said Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MLC. Ms Tierney welcomed the support for the Mortlake Festival,…
Residents in Bannockburn and surrounding towns will now be able to get around more easily, with the launch of two new trial bus services funded by the Brumby Labor Government. Launching the initiatives in Bannockburn today, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney said the trials would provide bus services linking people to services and social…
Victorian community groups and local councils have been given more resources to tackle road trauma in the local community. The Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP, has announced that Glenelg Shire Council will receive $20,000 under the TAC Community Road Safety Grants program. The Glenelg Shire Road Safety Strategy project will support the Shire…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Public Transport and is in relation to the Colac-Lorne bus service. This service was trialled for nine weeks last year, and it was met with great success; over 4600 people used it. Over 500 people used the service on a weekly basis in December, and it peaked…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer update the house on what the Brumby Labor government is doing to protect jobs in the south-west of Victoria? Mr LENDERS (Treasurer) — I thank Ms Tierney for her question. The south-west coast is an extraordinarily great region in the state…
In the time that remains I would like to wish all Victorian year 12 students and their families all the very best over the forthcoming exam period. In what is inevitably a difficult time, I remind them to stay focused and to take care of one another. Good luck to all.
On another note, on 23 September I had the pleasure of joining the Minister for Housing, Richard Wynne, and the member for Melton in the other place, Don Nardella, as the minister turned the first sod on the $5.4 million public housing estate in Bacchus Marsh, which is to be completed next year. We were…
On Sunday, 19 September, I had the pleasure of joining the Lorne community to officially open the new synthetic green at the Lorne Bowls Club. I would like particularly to thank the secretary, Peter Jacobs, and vice-president, Allan Walls, and club committee members for their hospitality. I congratulate the whole club on a great achievement…
The matter I wish to raise is for the attention of the Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development, Maxine Morand. The 2008-09 budget allocated $23.9 million over four years for 500 additional early childhood intervention services places and a further 500 places in 2009-10. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data the number of…
