Football has been given a boost in Bannockburn with the Victorian Government announcing funding to Golden Plains Shire Council to upgrade to facilities at Bannockburn Recreation Reserve. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced $464,535 towards the Bannockburn Soccer Facility Upgrade project from the government’s 2019-20 The World Game Facilities Fund. The project…
MS TIERNEY (Western Victoria—Minister for Training and Skills, Minister for Higher Education) I’d like to update the house on the Andrews Labor government’s community sport sector COVID-19 survival package. Local sport clubs are close to the heart of regional communities as they provide fun, fitness and social connection. We need local clubs to survive the…
One of Victoria’s most iconic freshwater fisheries will be made safer and easier to access thanks to the Victorian Government’s investment in significant boating upgrades. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP today announced $58,000 for the detailed design work on the new boat ramp at South Beach, Lake Bullen Merri. The design contract…
The Inverleigh Sporting Complex is set for a transformation, thanks to a $1,527,300 funding boost from the Victorian Government’s Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Program. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced that the project is one of 27 to benefit from a share in more than $68 million from the stimulus program. This…
More sporting and recreation clubs in Western Victoria have scored a cash boost from the Andrews Labor Government to help support them pay the bills and meet basic running costs. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced another 8 clubs across Western Victoria have been given $1,000 grants under the Government’s Community Sport…
Train passengers in the state’s south-west can continue to look forward to a safe, reliable and comfortable journey following the replacement of more than 26,000 sleepers along the Warrnambool line. The Victorian Government has invested $8.1 million to replace timber sleepers with concrete in the section of track between Colac and Waurn Ponds. The project…
Colac’s community sport has been given a boost thanks to a grant from the Victorian Government aimed at helping local leagues and associations ride out the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and come back ready to play. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced 2 grants have been approved in the region from the Government’s…
Community sport in south west Victoria has been given a boost thanks to a grant from the Victorian Government aimed at helping local leagues and associations ride out the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and come back ready to play. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced grants totalling $32,500 have been approved in the…
Western Victoria’s artists and creative businesses are among hundreds of Victorian creatives to receive a lifeline from the Victorian Government, enabling them to keep working, adapting and creating through the pandemic. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced a total of $48,000 to local creative workers to support activities, including a new performance…
MS TIERNEY (Western Victoria—Minister for Training and Skills, Minister for Higher Education) I am pleased to update the house on some fantastic support the Andrews Labor government is giving to Mortlake P–12 College that will set their students and community up for recovery after the COVID pandemic has passed. For the first time this year…