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By TOM GANNON
LATROBE Regional Airport’s future is ready to take off as council looks to grow development opportunities.
At its most recent meeting, Latrobe City adopted a key strategic document that sets out a four-year framework as part of a larger 20-year airport development plan for the council-owned facility.
The document considers new airport precincts, development opportunities and sets the requirements for future funding, government support and the timeline for aviation infrastructure upgrades.
Latrobe City Mayor Sharon Gibson said the developments could lead to the facility following a similar path to Avalon Airport, near Geelong.
“I’d love to see it being the Avalon of the east,” Cr Gibson said.
While federal caucus members back Albanese and his strategy, the doubters worry the party has lost too many blue-collar workers and is not trying hard enough to bring them back.