Victoria announces regional funding recipients

The Victorian Government has announced the recipients of the state’s $20 million Regional Councils Transformation Program.

The program aims to:

• Improve the financial sustainability of rural and regional councils by achieving economies of scale, including through regional service delivery or collaborative procurement;

• Promote more efficient and improved service delivery through collaboration and innovation;

• Facilitate benefits for rural and regional communities, with priority given to those for rural communities; and

• Demonstrate potential efficiencies to be gained through regional service delivery.

The RCTP program will see the following funding awarded:

• Buloke, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Loddon, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack will share in $5 million

• Corangamite, Moyne and Warrnambool will share in $4.5 million

• Bass Coast, East Gippsland, South Gippsland and Wellington will share in $4.5 million

• Ballarat, Ararat, Central Goldfields, Golden Plains, Hepburn and Pyrenees, will share in $4.5 million