Archive for September 2020

Disaster assistance has been made available to help communities in the Great Southern region recover from the damage caused by heavy rainfall and severe flooding last month. As a result of storms in early August that dumped two months of rain in two days, the City of Albany and the Shire of Denmark experienced significant…

Regional Development Australia Great Southern will receive $1,397,239 from the Morrison Government to support students to learn skills and qualifications locally. Federal Member for O’Connor Rick Wilson today announced the Federal Government had finalised the grant agreement to establish a new Regional University Centre in Albany. Regional University Centres support tertiary students to study by…

People living and travelling through the Shire of Laverton will now have better phone service to make calls, browse the internet and stay connected with family and friends. The new small cell base stations turned on at Cosmo Newberry and Mulga Queen will provide mobile coverage to the community and surrounding area that previously had…

Young people in Esperance and surrounds will now have easier access to mental health services with the opening of a new satellite Headspace service this week. Federal Member for O’Connor Rick Wilson said the Federal Government has established the new Headspace to provide mental health services to young people in the region. “There are more…