Regional Development Victoria news

• Delivering a smile from regional Victoria21/04/2020
  

  Innovation, resilience and community spirit cooked up by a Victorian high country chocolaterie and delivered to Melbourne kids isolating over Easter.

• Skilling up Victorians to get through coronavirus (COVID-19)17/04/2020
  

  Victorians will continue to get the skills they need to get a job and help us through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with emergency funding from the Victorian Government to support the state’s TAFE and training system with student numbers expected to drop.

• Helping people get back to work, Working For Victoria08/04/2020
  

  Almost 1,300 people who were looking for a job due to the coronavirus crisis are now working for Victoria thanks to the Victorian Government.

• Live streaming Festival helping connect Victoria03/04/2020
  

  Communities across Victoria and the world will be able to enjoy a night of livestreamed music and comedy this Saturday — keeping people connected during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Support to safeguard agriculture sector and workers02/04/2020
  

  Supporting workers who have lost their jobs while helping to ensure the state’s vital agriculture sector has the workforce it needs to survive the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Closure of public facing Office receptions 30/03/2020
  

  Regional Development Victoria is continuing to serve the community but you may need to contact us in different ways.

• New meeting hall in Garvoc gets green light24/03/2020
  

  A $400,000 grant from the state government’s Regional Infrastructure Fund has been approved to erect a modern hall in the small Western District town, replacing the current 160-year-old hall that has seen better days.

• Economic survival package to support businesses and jobs21/03/2020
  

  The Victorian Government will pump billions of dollars into the economy to help Victorian businesses and workers survive the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Facelift planned for Timboon’s town centre 20/03/2020
  

  A spruce up for the streets of Timboon, located near the Twelve Apostles and famous for its organic dairy, ice creamery, berry farm, brewery, whisky distillery and 40-kilometre bike trail, has been locked in.

• Forrest Mountain Bike Trail on track with funding boost13/03/2020
  

  Mountain bike enthusiasts will soon have new tracks and trails in Forrest that will rejuvenate existing tracks and establish new world-class tracks.