Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
State Minister Colin Brooks (pictured) last week unveiled the first look at designs for the new $55 million Kangan Institute campus in Melton.The world-class training facility is close to where thousands of Victorians live.The new campus will open in 2028.It will revolutionise vocational education in the west and deliver training to around 800 students per…
Read More about MELTON: $55 million for Kangan Institute
“Work is also progressing on the business case for a Regional University Study Hub,” Cr Sandice McAulay (pictured) told last week’s meeting of Murrindindi Shire Council.“This initiative builds on Council’s previous applications under the Federal Regional University Study Hub Program and findings from the recently completed work examining future health and care servicedelivery in Murrindindi,”…
Read More about MURRINDINDI: Hopes for Regional Study Hub
“I implore the Minister for Education [Ben Carroll] to quickly find a solution to keep the Mount Buller annexe of the Mansfield Secondary College open,” Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish (pictured) has told Parliament.“The Mount Buller community is ropeable by the decision to close it – the traders association, the ratepayers association, Buller Ski Lifts, Mansfield…
Read More about MANSFIELD; ‘Keep Mt Buller annexe open’
Tertiary students in Melbourne’s outer north have greater access to learning closer to home with the official opening of the Northern Study Hub in Epping.This initiative is led by La Trobe University, in collaboration with a range of community partners and support from the Federal Government.Located within the Melbourne Polytechnic Library, the Epping site joins…
Read More about WHITTLESEA: Uni study hub opens at Epping
Complimentary remarks about Dr Mark Merry, Principal of Yarra Valley Grammar, have been made in State Parliament by Croydon MLA David Hodgett.Dr Merry will retire at the end of 2025 after 24 years as a Principal.“With 16 of those remarkable years spent at Yarra, he considers this to be a highlight of his 40-year career…
Read More about MAROONDAH: Salute to Mark Merry
Ivanhoe MLA Anthony Carbines (pictured) says that $50 million is being spent on Melbourne Polytechnic in Heidelberg – the West Heidelberg TAFE campus.“There was $6.45 million released in this year’s budget, but that is part of what is actually a $24.9 million project,” Mr Carbines said.“It is being matched of course by the Federal Government,…
Read More about BANYULE: $50 million for West Heidelberg project
The service of Ms Glenda George from Living & Learning Pakenham. Living & Learning has been recognised in State Parliament by Pakenham MLA Emma Vulin (pictured).The centre provides quality training, education and skill development, with a particular focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable people.“The success of organisations like Living & Learning is driven by hardworking and…
Read More about CARDINIA: Thanks Glenda
There has been a major transformation of the Collingwood TAFE campus.Gayle Tierney, Minister for Skills and TAFE, last week officially opened Melbourne Polytechnic’s revitalised Collingwood campus, which will be the first all-electric TAFE campus in Victoria.Students and teachers at the environmentally conscious site will benefit from new Auslan training spaces, computer and digital design labs,…
Read More about YARRA: All-electric TAFE at Collingwood
Artifical intelligence (AI) will be discussed at he Creative Industries 2025 Networking Event from 6pm-9pm on Thursday June 5 at Eltham Library.Nillumbik Mayor Cr John Dumaresq (pictured) said the event is a great opportunity for the creative community to explore how AI is influencing how we communicate and connect.“In a world where the written word…
Read More about NILLUMBIK: AI discussion at Eltham
The official opening of the Dromana Preschool expansion took place on Thursday, April 24.Eastern Victoria MLC Tom McIntosh (representing the Minister for Children) was joined by Brokil Ward Councillor Patrick Binyon.Mornington Peninsula Shire was successful in obtaining a State Government grant to expand the Preschool.The modular expansion has doubled the kindergarten’s capacity, allowing the preschool…
Read More about MORNINGTON PENINSULA: Dromana Preschool expansion opens