Media Releases

The future of one of Victoria’s largest TAFEs, Holmesglen, is in doubt following the Baillieu Government’s $290 million cuts to the sector.

Even more jobs are likely to go from regional communities, after the Baillieu Government confirmed funding cuts to community health services.

The Baillieu-Ryan Government must act now to stop regional unemployment spiralling out of control after the latest statistics show more than 16,400 full-time jobs were lost in April.

The Baillieu Government is pushing through new laws to give developers free reign in suburban streets.

The Sports Minister has been left red faced after losing two major athletics events to interstate rivals just a day after gloating about the construction of a new athletics track.

School students across Bendigo will be hit hard by the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and other school programs.

Suburban commuters will be waiting much longer for Protective Service Officers to patrol their local station with just 18 graduating recruits to be rolled out this week.

Local sporting clubs could be forced to go without proper training facilities with the Baillieu Government removing $46 million of funding for grants from the Community Support Fund.

Regional TAFE campuses could be forced to close after the Baillieu Government’s decision to rip millions of dollars from the sector, it was revealed today.

Paying lip service to manufacturing industries in Bendigo will do nothing to secure jobs and grow the sector.