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POPSFamily centre gets go ahead (...cont) "Phase two will involve the construction of the extension to the existing building, and this is expected to be completed by September 5," he said. In recent years Parnall Constructions undertook the redevelopment of the municipal offices to create the Wangaratta Government Centre. The new facility will be built using the former visitors information centre building at Batchelor’s Green, and provide services for long day care, kindergarten, family day care and maternal and child health, with the potential to add on specialist services such as early intervention, toy libraries and community playgroups. It will also pave the way for the relocation of Wangaratta Childcare Centre from land in Cusack Street, which has been reclaimed by Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE for a new $8 million Technical Education Centre.
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POPSState seeks federal help as Mokoan decommissioning jumps to $127m, claims MP
(...cont) "This project would deliver the government’s required water savings, and protect irrigators, at a much-reduced cost compared to the full de-commissioning of the lake," he said. Mr Sykes said that aside from the rising costs, the key issues arising from the de-commissioning of the lake, water security, flooding, future land use and equitable sharing of water savings, were still unresolved. "We are still waiting on government support for an independent assessment of the current level of water security of supply for irrigators, and there has been no action on the flood risk assessment for Benalla and downstream on the Broken River. "The government has yet to commit the $30m plus required for its much-touted ‘world class wetlands’ to replace the lake, and there has been no agreement on equitable sharing of water savings. "At this stage, not one litre of the claimed 50 billion litre water savings from de-commissioning Lake Mokoan is ear-marked for Broken Valley irriga
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POPSFamily tradition continues as Edward steps up (... cont) "While the company has this objective, we believe that we do this in trust for the communities served," he said. Hartley Higgins said that Edward represented the fourth generation family member to manage "The Chronicle" following W T Higgins’ purchase of the newspaper in 1937 after he started at “The Chronicle” as a junior trainee. Mr Higgins also confirmed that regional editor-in-chief Philip Nolan would continue as assistant manager.
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