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Brazen theft
Local Buddha statues stolen By David Lee THE façade of the former Empire Trading on Benalla Road in Shepparton hasn’t been looking quite right lately, after the four giant Buddha and Shiva statues that once stood decorating the front of the building were stolen recently. Continued on page 39
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ANNOUNCEMENT… From left, Federal Assistant Minister for Rural Health, The Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, University of Melbourne Department of Rural Health head and Medical Student Education director, Julian Wright, University of Melbourne Medical School head, Geoff McColl and Federal Member for Murray, Damian Drum announced last week that the University of Melbourne Shepparton campus would be sharing in millions of dollars worth of funding to help train more medical and health professionals. Photo: David Lee.
Shepparton campus to get $26M+
Big boost for local health and medical
By David Lee MORE medical and health students are set to be put through the ropes over the coming three years after the Coalition Government announced the University of Melbourne Department of Rural Health Shepparton campus would be receiving over $26M in funding.
The announcement comes as part of the Federal Government’s Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program, which plans to invest $101M in universities across Australia, $37.6M of that being distributed to the University of Melbourne Shepparton, Ballarat and Wangaratta campuses over the next three years. Shepparton’s campus will receive 70 percent of the $37.6M in funding and the program will see an increase of training weeks jump from 1,000 to Continued on page 38 7,000.