May 28, 2025
Ambulance response times improve as critical cases decline
PARAMEDICS and first responders across Victoria arrived at Code 1 emergencies an average of 17 seconds faster between January and March this year compared...
May 27, 2025
Call for Victorian Early Years Awards nominations
A SEARCH for the state's best early years teachers, educators, organisations and educational programs has begun as part of the 2025 Victorian Early Years...
May 21, 2025
Call to endorse volunteers
NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 Victorian Volunteer Awards, which recognise the individuals and organisations who go above and beyond to support their...
May 19, 2025
Education Week to celebrate diversity
SCHOOLS across the state are being encouraged to celebrate the importance of cultural diversity in education as part of this year's Education Week, which...
May 14, 2025
More places benefit from neighbourhood batteries
NEW battery locations taking in 65 sites have been announced as part of round two of the State Government's $42 million Neighbourhood Battery Program. Neighbourhood...
May 7, 2025
Clinic breaking barriers for regional women
A NEW free mobile women's health clinic operating in partnership between BreastScreen Victoria and the State Government is providing access to free women's healthcare...
April 30, 2025
Scam alert as election looms
BENDIGO Bank has warned customers to be vigilant in the lead-up to the Federal election, cautioning that calls and texts from apparent campaign representatives...
March 4, 2025
Call out for Youth Fest event ideas
GRANTS of up to two thousand dollars are now open to schools, local councils and community organisations teaming up with young people aged 12...
December 25, 2024
Free help for struggling mortgagees
A FREE service dedicated to helping homeowners stay in control of their finances has been expanded statewide after a successful pilot in Melbourne's western...
December 25, 2024
Extra industrial infrastructure for the regions
MORE industrial land is expected to become available across regional Victoria after the announcement of a ten-million-dollar State Government funding package for trunk infrastructure...
December 24, 2024
New bush kinders for nature-loving children
NEW funding from the State Government will help establish 150 more bush kinders around the state via one-off $6000 grants to help kindergartens buy...
December 17, 2024
Reforms reign in pokies harm
NEW reforms have been introduced into the Victorian Parliament that will give poker machine players more control over how much they spend. The Gambling Legislation...
December 4, 2024
Financial boost for regional hospitals
VICTORIA'S regional health services have been encouraged to apply for their share of the seventy-five-million-dollar available in funding as part of the ninth round...
December 4, 2024
Grants available for community sports infrastructure
APPLICATIONS are now open for the Victorian Government's Regional Community Sports Infrastructure Fund (RCSIF) and the 2024-25 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSIF). There are five...
December 3, 2024
L and P plate licences go digital
VICTORIAN drivers on their learners' permit and probationary licence can add their digital licences to their Service Victoria app or myVicRoads app for the...
November 27, 2024
Updated mental health program prompts food for thought
SEVERAL new programs have been added to the State Government's two-hundred-million-dollar Schools Mental Health Menu, the Minister for Education has announced. The Menu is designed...
November 27, 2024
Talent boost for regional partnerships
MORE than forty new nominees have been appointed to Victoria's nine Regional Partnerships economic development territories, bringing the total to sixty-seven people and reflecting...
November 20, 2024
Zero emission buses to be rolled out
Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle Williams has announced that Victoria's diesel bus fleet will be phased out and replaced by zero emission...
November 19, 2024
Cash prizes offered for road safety film ideas
VICTORIAN filmmakers and content creators between the ages of 18 and 30 are invited to submit "attention-grabbing concepts" for future road safety campaigns aimed...
November 12, 2024
Pill testing trial a first for Australia
VICTORIA will become the first state in Australia to trial pill testing after the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pill Testing) Bill 2024...
November 12, 2024
Push to improve safety on local roads
ALMOST eighty local governments around the state have been granted as much as two million dollars each to improve their roads over the next...
November 6, 2024
Tougher penalties for drink-drivers
NEW drink-driving laws have been introduced in Victoria where every offender, even at the lower end of the scale, will now face a compulsory...
November 6, 2024
Availability of opioid addiction treatment method to expand
AS much as thirty Community Health Services around the state will share a total of $8.4 million in grants to increase the availability of...
November 6, 2024
Grants for emerging female sports leaders
MORE than one hundred women working in sporting organisations have been announced as recipients of grants of up to $10,000 to access professional development...
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