Ginifer Reserve wins funding
Hume councillors have approved additional funding of $1.3 million to upgrade the facilities at the Jack Ginifer Reserve Pavilion. Upgrades will be made to the existing social rooms, kitchen, changerooms, official’s rooms, and public toilets. Additionally a building extension was approved to include new player changeroom amenities, storeroom, and office space.
Whittlesea administrator resigns
Whittlesea council administrator Chris Eddy has resigned from the council, a year and a half into his three year term. He was appointed to council following the resignation of former administrator Bruce Billson in 2021. Whittlesea’s chair administrator Lydia Wilson said Mr Eddy resigned due to personal and family reasons. The state government will appoint a new administrator to serve until the local government elections in October 2024.
Campbellfield company fined
A stone benchtop company in Campbellfield has been convicted and fined $325,000 after a worker was crushed and killed by stone slabs weighing more than six tonnes in total. Best Benchtop and Stone Pty Ltd was sentenced in the County Court last week after previously pleading guilty to two charges of failing to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, that its workplace was safe and without risks to health.
