10 February 2021 | 03:24pm
Three South West Students Score Scholarships
The Gardiner Dairy Foundation has awarded it s seven Tertiary Scholarships, three of which have gone to students from the South West dairy region.
They were awarded to Warrnambool s Grace Billington (Bill Pyle scholarship), Boorcan s Toby Fleming (Shirley Harlock scholarship) and Garvoc s Rachel Dickson (Jakob Malmo scholarship).
The scholarships are awarded annually to students have shown a commitment to leadership and personal development and who intend to return to regional Victoria at the completion of their studies.
Each scholarship recipient will receive $10,000 annually for up to three years to contribute towards costs associated with their studies.
Border Business Women Make up for Lost Time
Business Women Albury Wodonga are celebrating the return of face to face networking in style, with their next event on International Women’s Day 8 March.
Chair Desiree Georgiou says women in business have missed opportunities to network and collaborate in person due to the pandemic and border closures.
“We’ve been home for such a long time and to get back into the community on a business perspective is really fabulous for women, whether they are business owners, employees or start-ups,” Desiree said.
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“There’s been a lot of sad stories and also a lot of success stories, so it’s great to get everyone to collaborate together and get business back on track.”
Failure to vote notices to be issued
Residents in the Warrnambool City, Moyne and Corangamite Shire s are set to be among around 350,000 Victorian residents, in line to receive a please explain notice this week.
The Apparent Failure to Vote Notice is legislatively required to be sent to those who appear not to have voted in the 2020 local council elections, and provides an opportunity to explain what has happened.
It follows one of the healthiest participation rates ever in local council elections in October 2020, with the figure around 40% lower than the number of notices sent out in 2016.
Electoral Commissioner, Warwick Gately, stressed the importance of recipients responding with a detailed explanation and asked that the notice is not ignored.