Geelong gets new cancer centre
Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:38
Greater Geelong is set to get a new state-of-the-art cancer centre, with a $26 million kick-start funding boost from the Gillard Government. This exciting development which will save many lives includes a linear accelerator which will deliver radiation therapy, a 32-bed oncology ward, a 24-bed palliative care ward, and 20 new accommodation units.
Geelong Library gets $10m major upgrade
Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:32
Residents of the city of Geelong in Victoria will soon have greater access to historical, cultural and artistic resources with $10 million federal government funding towards the construction of the $45 million Geelong Library and Heritage Centre. Federal Minister for Regional Australia Simon Crean today announced that funding will be provided to the City of Greater Geelong as part of the first round of the Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF), worth almost $1 billion.
Kardinia Park gets another upgrade
Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:26
Cats fans and sports fans generally in Greater Geelong will benefit from improved spectator facilities and amenities with the announcement of $10 million in federal government funding towards the total project cost of $46 million at Kardinia Park. Federal Minister for Regional Australia Simon Crean announced funding has been made available to the Geelong Football Club Limited as part of the first round of the Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF), worth almost $1 billion.
LIBERAL MINISTER PUTS TORQUAY COASTAL CHARACTER AT RISK
Friday, 22 July 2011 00:48
The decision by the new Victoria Planning Minister, Mathew Guy, to over-ride the Surf Coast Shire and bulldoze through a development in the Spring Creek Valley in Torquay, coming on top of two other Ministerial interventions on coastal land sales in the first 200 days of Government, shows the Victorian Coastal Strategy is now at risk, along with the Victorian coastline, Federal MP, Darren Cheeseman, said today. “The Spring Creek decision will go down as the worst Ministerial planning intervention since Erskine House, which effectively destroyed a large part of the Lorne foreshore,” Federal MP Darren Cheeseman said today.
WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW THROUGH VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST
Friday, 22 July 2011 00:44
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet will visit Geelong tomorrow to meet with top renewable energy executives delivering projects worth billions of dollars in local capital investment across South West Victoria. The meeting will be the first roundtable with renewable energy business sector since the announcement of the carbon pollution reduction package.
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