General News
4 July, 2023
Permanent station on agenda
TALKS have been held between Ambulance Victoria and Wedderburn Lions Club for a possible site of a permanent ambulance station in the town. Cr Gavan Holt told Loddon Shire councillors at their meeting on Tuesday that talks had discussed...
TALKS have been held between Ambulance Victoria and Wedderburn Lions Club for a possible site of a permanent ambulance station in the town.
Cr Gavan Holt told Loddon Shire councillors at their meeting on Tuesday that talks had discussed council-owned land in Wilson Street. The Lions club has an agreement with council for the site to be used for its proposed aged care facility.
However, Cr Holt said that agreement had a sunset clause of August 2024 but discussions with council CEO Lincoln Fitzgerald indicated a resolution was preferred this year.
Lions have been campaigning for two decades for an aged care facility but members also want Federal Government reforms needed to make rural town centres financially viable.
Cr Holt said there could be an opportunity for council, Lions and Ambulance Victoria to “come to an amicable arrangement ... where they can exist side by side”.
Lions Australia has this year adopted a national policy advocating for support of aged care facilities in rural communities.
Wedderburn ambulance services operate out of the former police station and court house complex.