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MENTALLY ill patients in Hamilton suffering an acute episode will have to be transported to Warrnambool or assessed via video link, when a “critical” service is axed in April. It will fall on local police and paramedics to carry the … Continue reading
. . . but kindergartens struggle for staff CHANGES to opening hour requirements at Victorian kindergartens have posed significant staffing difficulties for smaller centres across the south-west. New Universal Access requirements have seen local kindergartens grappling to fill teaching vacancies … Continue reading
CUTS to Hamilton’s mental health crisis care are looming and could see after-hours care removed or dramatically changed, following financial pressures on South West Healthcare. The 24-hour emergency response service operates inHamilton,Portlandand Camperdown, with a dedicated caseworker assigned for each … Continue reading
HAMILTON could have access to 4G services much sooner than expected, with Telstra executives admitting that more needed to be done to make up for the ongoing communication disaster. While he could not provide time lines for 4G, chief Telstra … Continue reading
TELSTRA sent an executive to Hamilton to brief Mayor Albert Calvano on the outage, after he failed to represent his community at a recent meeting in Warrnambool. Telstra area manager, Bill Mundy and chief operations officer, Brendan Riley, travelled to … Continue reading
IT will cost $10 million to rebuild the Telstra telephone exchange, plus millions in compensation for suffering businesses and residents – but Telstra’s biggest hurdle will be rebuilding trust. This is the message from Telstra chief executive, David Thodey who … Continue reading
A FIREWORKS operator has been confirmed for Hamilton’s New Year’s Eve celebrations – but one local electrician believes he should have been chosen, after giving so much to the community in the past. Southern Star will carry out the fireworks … Continue reading
TELSTRA has answered the calls of community leaders, announcing it will streamline compensation processes for business customers impacted by the outage. A dedicated team has been set up to help reconfigure phones and internet services and there will also be … Continue reading
AN indefinite number of south-west residents fear the loss of their life savings, with the shock collapse of Banksia Financial Group leaving $660 million of investment in doubt. The Victorian financial group, with an agency inPortland, went into receivership last … Continue reading
WE all remember going to the butcher with mum, the man behind the counter handing you a slice of chicken loaf, if you were lucky, with a nod and a wave. But the days of the friendly local butcher are … Continue reading
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