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NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SPORTS CLUBS IN WERRIBEE ELECTORATE

Sports clubs in Werribee will be supported to create new opportunities to get women, girls and less active Victorians playing sport thanks to $400,000 in VicHealth grants now up for grabs. Local clubs are encouraged to apply for the latest round of VicHealth’s latest Active..

INTERVENING EARLY TO HELP VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN WERRIBEE

Member for Werribee Tim Pallas announced the Victorian Government is investing to intervene earlier so that vulnerable families and children in Werribee are better supported to stay together. The Victorian Government announced $29.2 million in the 2017-18 Budget for Child FIRST and integrated family services..

NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SPORTS CLUBS IN WERRIBEE ELECTORATE

Sports clubs in Werribee will be supported to create new opportunities to get women, girls and less active Victorians playing sport thanks to $400,000 in VicHealth grants now up for grabs. Local clubs are encouraged to apply for the latest round of VicHealth’s latest Active..

INTERVENING EARLY TO HELP VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN WERRIBEE

Member for Werribee Tim Pallas announced the Victorian Government is investing to intervene earlier so that vulnerable families and children in Werribee are better supported to stay together. The Victorian Government announced $29.2 million in the 2017-18 Budget for Child FIRST and integrated family services..

WERRIBEE CLCS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR $7.1M IN GRANTS

Member for Werribee, Tim Pallas is urging local community legal centres to apply for a share in $7.1 million of grants under the Andrews Labor Government. Grants are available from the Community Legal Centre Assistance Fund, the Family Violence Duty Lawyer Fund, and the Community..

NEW DEFIBS BREATHE LIFE INTO WERRIBEE SPORTING CLUBS

Werribee sporting clubs are set to take their game up a notch when it comes to dealing with an emergency on and off the park with a new defibrillator and training package from the Andrews Labor Government. Member for Werribee, Tim Pallas, today announced that..

MORE WERRIBEE MERCY PATIENTS TREATED SOONER

Code 1 ambulance response times across Victoria hit 81 per cent in the last quarter – an improvement of six percentage points on the same period last year and the best June quarter result on record. The Andrews Labor Government’s elective surgery blitz has also..

HELPING WERRIBEE KIDS BECOME MATHS MASTERS

The Andrews Labor Government is helping pre-schoolers and their families in the Werribee electorate improve their maths skills through a new early years’ program. Member for Werribee Tim Pallas today announced that early childhood educators at a number of local kindergartens will participate in Let’s..

NEW PEAK HOUR SERVICES FOR WERRIBEE LINE PASSENGERS

The Andrews Labor Government will add 10 more train services in the peak, every week on the Werribee line from 27 August. Member for Altona Jill Hennessy, Member for Werribee Tim Pallas and Member for Williamstown Wade Noonan today announced the timetable for the new..

BOOST FOR EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS IN WYNDHAM

Victorian emergency management volunteers are getting a well-deserved funding boost thanks to the Victorian Government’s $15 million Emergency Services Volunteer Sustainability Grants program. Hundreds of grant applications for equipment, communications, facility upgrades and community engagement and training have already been received from volunteer organisations across..

MORE JOBS FOR REGIONAL VICTORIA AS UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS

Almost 60,000 jobs have been created in regional Victoria under the Andrews Labor Government. Latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that employment in regional Victoria grew by 18,700 people in the three months to June, with the unemployment rate dropping to..

EXTRA SERVICES ON THE WAY FOR WYNDHAM VALE AND TARNEIT

The Andrews Labor Government is getting Wyndham Vale and Tarneit passengers to all their favourite weekend and evening events, by adding 44 extra train services a week from 27 August. Member for Werribee Tim Pallas today announced the new V-Line timetable, with 14 extra services..

CALLING FOR VOLUNTEER AWARD NOMINATIONS IN WERRIBEE

The Andrews Labor Government is urging people to nominate hard-working volunteers from the Werribee electorate in this year’s Victorian Premier’s Volunteer Champions Awards. The prestigious awards will recognise up to 60 volunteers of different ages and cultural backgrounds, in the categories of Leadership, Impact, Service,..

ANOTHER 40 SCHOOLS TO START DOCTORS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS PROGRAM

Students in the Werribee electorate will soon have access to the healthcare they need thanks to the Andrews Labor Government. Member for Werribee Tim Pallas today announced that the Doctors in Secondary Schools program will commence from term 3 2017 at Manor Lakes P-12 College…

RECORD FUNDING BOOST FOR BETTER PATIENT CARE AT MERCY

The Andrews Labor Government will spend a record $18.12 billion over the next year so more Victorian patients can get the highest quality care and treatment they need – and sooner. Minister for Health Jill Hennessy today announced the 2017/18 bottom-line budget allocations for Victorian..