Young readers in south-west Victoria are set to benefit from an added $44,635 in funding for local libraries from the Andrews Labor Government’s 2022-23 Premiers’ Reading Challenge Book Fund. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney announced the funding which will enable libraries to purchase books on the suggested reading list for the 2023 Premiers’…
The Andrews Labor Government is continuing to support communities across Western Victoria with the infrastructure and services it needs to grow and thrive. Minister for Suburban Development Melissa Horne, Minister for Regional Development Harriet Shing and the Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced 10 local organisations will receive funding for community projects…
The Merri River School in Warrnambool is now officially open, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government. Member for Western Victoria Gayle Tierney today visited the school to tour its new campus and learning facilities, which are already benefiting all students and staff at the site. The school is the only special school in the area…
Several schools across Western Victoria will receive a funding boost to build inclusive play areas, sensory gardens and outdoor learning areas to support students with disabilities and additional needs, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney announced three schools – Anglesea Primary School, Inverleigh Primary School and Nullawarre and…
The Andrews Labor Government is delivering more opportunities to get out and explore Victoria, with construction beginning on the next phase of the Forrest Mountain Bike Revitalisation Project. Works on the Forrest Southern Trailhead and Skills Park kicked off last week in Victoria’s beautiful Otways Ranges, made possible by a $2.1 million investment by the…
The iconic Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum has a new lease on life thanks to funding from the Victorian Government. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today visited the Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum to see the upgrades funded through the Victorian Government’s Growing Victoria’s Botanic Gardens grant program. Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum…
The Andrews Labor Government is continuing to improve recreational boating in Victoria with more than $42 million being invested as part of the Victorian Recreational Boating Action Plan 2022-23. With funding delivered from boaters’ registration and licence fees, this package includes upgrades to a range of boating infrastructure across the state, including ramps, car parks,…
South-West Victorian Students and teachers will be among 111 schools across the state to benefit when a maintenance blitz gets underway. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced that 9 schools across Victoria’s south-west will share in more than $1.4 million in the blitz – which includes painting, resurfacing and fixing roofs and…
Families across Western Victoria can look forward to fishing these school holidays with the Andrews Labor Government stocking almost 7,000 catchable size rainbow trout into 23 lakes across the region. The stockings, from Geelong to Casterton and up to Murtoa, are part of almost 35,000 fish going into more than 70 lakes across the state,…
The Andrews Labor Government is creating a new world-class eco-tourism experience along the Great Ocean Road with a new coastal walking trail to allow visitors to explore from Torquay to Skenes Creek uninterrupted. Minister for Environment and Climate Action Lily D’Ambrosio visited Fairhaven today, to launch the Great Ocean Road Trail Masterplan and release the…
