Local Emergency Services Share In Funding
Emergency Services in Western Victoria will share in $1,244,950 in funding, to provide essential operational equipment, vehicles, appliances and minor facility improvements for local volunteers.
Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced that 23 local CFA, Life Saving Victoria and VICSES services would share in the funding
The investment is part of the Government’s 2020-21 Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program, which see s the Government match every $1 paid by volunteer groups with a $2 co-contribution.
“I’d like to thank all of our volunteer groups for their hard work and congratulate the successful applicants in the 2019-20 round of VESEP grants” said Ms Tierney.
Local Emergency Services Share In Funding
Emergency Services in Western Victoria will share in $1,244,950 in funding, to provide essential operational equipment, vehicles, appliances and minor facility improvements for local volunteers.
Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced that 23 local CFA, Life Saving Victoria and VICSES services would share in the funding
The investment is part of the Government’s 2020-21 Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program, which see s the Government match every $1 paid by volunteer groups with a $2 co-contribution.
“I’d like to thank all of our volunteer groups for their hard work and congratulate the successful applicants in the 2019-20 round of VESEP grants” said Ms Tierney.
Lack of ideas to combat problems at The Pillars
3 Mins Read Natural attraction: The Pillars, left, was deserted on Friday. The cliff jumping area also features in the Mt Martha supermarket’s window display and has been turned into a souvenir badge. Share
LONG running concerns surrounding the management of The Pillars cliff jumping site continue to frustrate Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
While it acknowledges that the amenity of Mount Martha residents needs to be protected from discarded litter, overcrowded streets, and even occasional abuse from unwanted visitors, there’s no denying they will continue to come – and to climb through, or over, fences to get to the water.
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Until the 1980s, women were mostly relegated to a minor role in the blokey world of surf lifesaving, with clubhouse change rooms for women often a fraction the size of those for the men who vastly outnumbered them.
Even 12 years ago, when Hannah Tzimokas, joined the Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club, the masculine atmosphere was clear.
Hannah Tzimokas has risen through the ranks at Life Saving Victoria and last year won a prestigious award.
Credit:Joe Armao
âI never felt shut out or unwelcome, but it was very obvious it was a male-dominated sport,â she says.
But Ms Tzimokas, Victoriaâs 2020 lifeguard of the year, says that since then, there has been a âpretty remarkableâ change.
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