Posts in Category: State Government
Permit system will come into place with NSW border
VICTORIANS are strongly advised not to travel to Sydney as conditions are expected to deteriorate and you may not be able to re-enter without undertaking…
Services secure cash for IT, cooling
TWO of Wangaratta’s major health services will share in $773,900 in Victorian Government funding to install vital infrastructure.
Mums sleep over
AN overnight maternity accommodation area will be built at Wangaratta’s public hospital as part of a $7.6 million delivery through the 2020/21 State Budget so…
$10m wish list
WANGARATTA’S sports and aquatic precinct could grow even further if a bid for a $10 million refurbishment boosting popular ball sport facilities is included in…
Rail works fast-tracked, trains to return
THE North East Rail Line upgrade has been fast-tracked due to the NSW-Victorian border closure with works to now be completed by mid-2021.
FREE TO CAMP
A BILL passed last week which will allow unrestricted camping access to thousands of kilometres of licensed water frontages in Victoria, while welcomed by fishers…
Border reopening November 23
THE NSW Government will reopen the border to Victoria at 12.01am on Monday, November 23.
Sports vouchers for parents to help get their kids get active again
VICTORIAN parents will have access to $200 vouchers helping their children participate in sport from early next year.
Disaster view
AUSTRALIA needs a new emergency warning system, the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements has found as it warned about “more frequent and intense”…
$500k for new Benalla campus
WANGARATTA District Specialist School (WDSS) has received $510,000 in funding to go towards the development of a new campus in Benalla.
$3 billion boost
A $3 BILLION support package will help Victorian businesses in their fight towards recovery, including $1.08 billion in cash grants and $1.7 billion in deferred…
Freedom coming
COVID-19 restrictions on people living in the Rural City of Wangaratta are set to ease from this Sunday under a new roadmap towards ‘COVID Normal’…