Premier Daniel Andrews addressed a large crowd at Moyne Health Services in Port Fairy.
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Premier Daniel Andrews is visiting the south-west today. He is expected to arrive later this morning. Mr Andrews is expected to visit the Warrnambool railway station, the Reid Oval and will also make a stop at Port Fairy.
Key points from this morning’s press conference at Warrnambool Station:
- Mr Andrews said work on the Warrnambool line’s $114 million upgrade was in its planning stage, and would begin sometime next year. He said the work – which would eventually see VLocity trains running on the Warrnambool line for the first time – would take between 12 to 18 months, meaning the earliest it would finish would be in 2019.
- The premier confirmed he travelled to Warrnambool on a plane, rather than taking the opportunity to catch the train or travel on south-west roads, which a recent auditor-general report found were some of the worst in the state.
- The premier announced the members of a community advisory committee for the stage two upgrade of Warrnambool Base Hospital, which will be led by Western Victoria MP James Purcell.
- Mr Andrews reiterated that he did not have time to make it to Warrnambool Special Developmental School today.
“We are in full agreement with the parent community, with the school community, that improvements need to be made there,” he said.