Posts in Category: State Government
Local doctor up for preselection
THE Australian Country Party (ACP) has confirmed that former Wangaratta councillor Dr Julian Fidge will stand for preselection in Ovens Valley ahead of this year’s Victorian…
JUSTICE CALLS
WANGARATTA woman Tania Maxwell will run at the November state election as a member for Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party.
No ‘safe seat’: McCurdy
OVENS Valley incumbent Tim McCurdy has refused to say his electorate is a safe Nationals seat despite the party or predecessors holding it and the…
Action on bad behaviour
NEW laws that will prevent a repeated costly fiasco like the one that followed the sacking of six of the 2012 council-elect have been tabled…
Protecting officers’ safety
EVERYONE deserves to return home safely to their loved ones each day.
STINK BREWING
RURAL residents are in a stink over a $150 sewerage system inspection fee they’ll have to pay under changes to government legislation.
FARM RATE HIKE
RURAL property owners will pay less of a share in rates in 2018/19 under draft rating strategy, and budget documents to reduce the impact of…
Golf club nod for housing estate
A LONG held dream of the Wangaratta Golf Club looks set to come true with the with the State Government giving the green light paving…
Milawa Cheese likes taste of production boost
MILAWA Cheese Company has received a State Government boost which is expected to lead to more jobs.
$2.2M TO PLAN
Wangaratta District Specialist School (WDSS), together with neighbouring Appin Park Primary School will share in the funding that will increase each school’s capacity and allow…
Wangaratta schools share in $2.2 million
TWO Wangaratta schools will share in $2.2 million next financial year as part of a string of funding announcements released by the State Government on…
Cash to protect families
GATEWAY Health and the Centre Against Violence have received $344,800 in State Government funding to extend behavioural changes programs.