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More York St beautification works to come in Sale

THE contract for the northern section of the York St, Sale, revitalisation project has been awarded to Wy Yung company, JW Volk. The project will result in upgrades to the footpaths, kerb and channel and road pavement on the Princes Highway between Stawell and Raglan Sts. The project builds on the work already completed in York St, namely the undergrounding of power and the installation of centre median lighting between Macalister and Stawell Sts. Wellington Shire mayor Garry Stephens announced the successful tenderer at last week’s council meeting. According to councillor John Tatterson, there are regular pavement failures and deformation of the parking lanes between Foster St and Raglan St. “It’s a great outcome for Sale ... the upgrade of the main highway through Sale will make the whole place more attractive for those visiting,” he said. The works are jointly funded by Wellington Shire Council in conjunction with the federal government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development and Regional Roads Victoria.

Free TAFE courses expanded

An artist’s impression of the finished Port of Sale TAFE Gippsland building, which is currently under construction.

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THE state government’s Free TAFE initiative will grow to more than 60 courses in 2022. Certificate III in Information Technology, Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations, Certificate IV in Leisure and Health, Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety and Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing will be added to the Free TAFE list at TAFE Gippsland next year. The new additions are part of a regular review of the Free TAFE list, aiming to ensure training meets key government priority areas and skills demands, while boosting the Victorian economy. The Free TAFE program began in 2019, to remove barriers to training by allowing eligible students to apply for fully subsidised courses that directly lead to jobs now and into the future. Ninety-three thousand students have begun courses – saving about $150 million in the first two years. Last year, the government announced $631.4 million to drive economic recovery and increase access to training, which includes $163 million for a Skills for Economic Recovery package announced in July 2020. The government says the money is expected create up to 60,000 new training places over four years in Free TAFE courses, and builds on the additional 10,000 Free TAFE places announced as part of the package. Construction of the new $25 million Port of Sale TAFE campus began in September 2020, and is expected to be completed in late 2021, with students commencing in 2022. The campus will consolidate programs currently offered at Fulham in one central location, with the exception of aeroskills, which stays to service the growing aviation industry at West Sale Airport and to support the capital investment by Wellington Shire Council. The current training course growth in Sale requires the retention of TAFE Gippsland’s central Flexible Learning Centre on Desailly St, and the Gtec campus on Gibsons Rd, which delivers VCE and VCAL studies to students. A fly-through video animation, showing an artist’s impression of TAFE Gippsland’s Port of Sale campus, was posted on the TAFE Gippsland YouTube channel last year. To view free TAFE courses, visit

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