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Regional Development Victoria Report 2014 15 Regional Development Victoria Annual Report 14–15 1. 4. 2. 6. 7. 9. 5. 8. 3. Front and back cover images show: 1. North East Food & Wine 2. 2015 Regional Victoria Living Expo 3. Junction Place – Wodonga 4. Viplus Dairy Processing Plant 5. Ravens Creek Farm 6. Golden Plains Shire Council Sod Turning 7. Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory 8. Urban Square Twilight, Wodonga 9. Marysville Vibe Hotel, Marysville RDV ANNUAL REPORT 14-15 CONTENTS PG 1 CONTENTS Highlights 2014-15 ______________________________________________ 4 Chief Executive Foreword _______________________________________ 6 Responsibilities ________________________________________________ 8 Profile ________________________________________________________ 9 Regional Programs and Recovery 9 Infrastructure Group 9 Regional Business Engagement 10 Regional Policy and Planning 10 Marketing and Promotion Group 10 RDV Regional Offices 10 Stakeholder Collaboration ______________________________________11 Commonwealth Government – Regional Development Australia 11 Regional Policy Advisory Committee 12 Regional Management Forums 13 Rural Councils Victoria 13 Regional Cities Victoria 14 Working with Industry Organisations 14 Regional Strategic Planning 15 Establishing the Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund ___________ 16 Continuous Improvement in Regional Development Programs 18 Boosting Jobs and Investment __________________________________ 19 Industry Sector Support in the Regions 20 Boosting Jobs and Investment in each Region 21 Developing Major Infrastructure ________________________________ 23 Murray Dairy – Accelerating Change 23 Latrobe City Council – Gippsland Heavy Industry Park 23 Unilever Tatura Investment Project 24 Wodonga CBD Urban Renewal Initiative 24 Wodonga Logic Fatigue Management Centre and Trailer Interchange Project 24 Epic Mountain Bike Experience 25 Yea Wetlands Environmental Centre 25 Koondrook Wharf 25 Echuca Riverboat Dock Upgrades 25 Swan Hill Heartbeat of The Murray 25 Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Redevelopment 26 Queenscliff Ferry Terminal Upgrade Project 26 RDV ANNUAL REPORT 14-15 CONTENTS PG 2 Ulumbarra Theatre Development 26 Longerenong College Student Residential Facilities Upgrade 26 Central Geelong Revitalisation Project 27 Geelong Gallery Redevelopment Business Case 27 Shepparton Art Museum Feasibility Study 27 Burra Foods Korumburra 27 Wangaratta Livestock Exchange Redevelopment Project 27 Ararat Arts Precinct Redevelopment Project 28 AusNet Services – Huntly Natural Gas Extension 28 Brookfield Infrastructure Group – CNG Gas Delivery Solution 28 Supporting Rural and Regional Communities _____________________ 29 Cowes Activity Centre Plan 29 Wonthaggi Theatre Group Building Foyer 29 Reactivate Latrobe Valley 30 Paynesville Esplanade Enhancement Project 30 Community Garden Leongatha 30 Alexandra Oval Community and Recreation Centre 30 Victoria Park Infrastructure Upgrade 30 Ballarat Olympic Precinct Upgrade 31 Maude Viewing Platform 31 Hindmarsh Shire Council Economic Development Strategy 31 Mallee Bush Retreat – Stage 5 31 Warrnambool City Centre Revitalisation – Gilles Street 31 Nirranda Multipurpose Centre 32 Mount Moriac Reserve Master Plan Implementation Proejct 32 Great Ocean Road National Heritage Centre 32 Dunkeld Community Centre 32 Leopold Community Hub 32 Barwon South West Regional Trails Development, Management and Promotion Project 32 Ocean Grove Park Performance Space 33 Hopwood Gardens Park Development – Echuca 33 Bendigo Botanic Gardens – Garden For The Future 33 Canterbury Park 33 Kyneton Community Park 33 Murray River Trail Infrastructure Project 34 Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre 34 RDV ANNUAL REPORT 14-15 CONTENTS PG 3 Wangaratta Central Business District Master Plan Project 34 Strategic Trails in the Alpine Shire 34 Yarck Community Hall Renovation 34 Foggy Mountains Bluegrass Festival 35 Mansfield Community Gathering Place Project 35 Fawcett Hall Upgrade 35 Murchison Heritage Centre Redevelopment 35 Emergency Management and Regional Recovery _________________ 36 2009 Victorian Bushfires 36 2010, 2011 and 2012 Floods 37 2014 Bushfires and Morwell Mine Fire 37 Resilient Community Program 38 Promoting Rural and Regional Victoria ___________________________ 39 2014 Royal Melbourne Show 39 2015 Regional Victoria Living Expo 40 Good Move Regional Marketing Campaign 40 Future Priorities _______________________________________________ 41 Build a Strong and Competitive Regional Victorian Economy 42 Support Job Creation 42 Strengthen Regional Communities 42 Finance ______________________________________________________ 43 RDV Grant Payments 44 Economic Infrastructure - Grant Announcements 62 Economic Infrastructure - Grant Payments 64 Output Targets and Performance 68 Revenue and Expenses 69 Financial Performance 70 Compliance 70 Legislation 70 Contact Information ___________________________________________ 71 RDV ANNUAL REPORT 14-15 HIGHLIGHTS PG 4 HIGHLIGHTS 2014-15 > Regional Development Victoria (RDV) > Facilitated Regional Management Forums worked throughout the year to facilitate led by departmental Secretaries bringing new investment, business growth and together leaders from across State job creation, infrastructure development, and local government and key regional and coordinate delivery of Victorian stakeholder groups. Government regional development policy, planning and programs. > Supported Rural Councils Victoria including networking for rural and regional > Helped create 2,094 jobs, generate local governments at the annual Rural $724 million in investment and facilitate Summit at Halls Gap in April 2015. $262 million in exports. > Collaborated with Regional Cities Victoria > Facilitated 124 major regional infrastructure on projects including the Regional Cities projects valued at $365 million, including Growth Framework, which sets out growth completion of the Junction Place central drivers for each of Victoria’s 10 regional Wodonga urban renewal initiative that cities. will generate significant employment and stimulate economic development in the city > Interacted directly with over 2,500 and broader region. regionally based businesses to support department-wide business investment and > Used RDV’s policy and program delivery regional job creation activities. expertise to develop the legislation, regulation and program design to establish > Helped support internal trade readiness the $500 million Regional Jobs and and relationships in the regions through Infrastructure Fund (RJIF). activities including funding Australia China Business Council regional sessions and > Launched the 10 public grant program developing a sister-state memorandum of streams of the RJIF in Castlemaine on understanding with the Jiangsu Province 29 June 2015. in China. > Collaborated with diverse regional stakeholders including rural and regional community groups, industry organisations and delivered Victoria’s partnership with the Commonwealth Government’s Regional Development Australia program. > Reviewed the effectiveness of the current regional strategic planning model, and provided findings and significant RDV research and data to the Review of Regional Economic Development and Services. RDV ANNUAL REPORT 14-15 HIGHLIGHTS PG 5 > Continued to support structural adjustment > Backed Leda Farm Equipment’s facility and growth through place-based initiatives relocation from NSW to Mildura, which in the Goulburn Valley, Latrobe Valley and generated 40 new jobs. Greater Geelong regions. > Encouraged stronger and more sustainable > Supported Australia’s largest private regional communities by building their sector rail operators, SCT Logistics, to capacity to drive development and make establish an intermodal freight terminal the most of local investment in projects near Wodonga as part of a $39 million such as the $750,000 initiative by the Surf investment to increase rail freight between Coast Shire to develop a National Heritage Melbourne and Brisbane. Centre commemorating the history of the construction of the Great Ocean Road, and > Helped Luv-a-Duck in Nhill create 80 the Shire of Campaspe’s $520,000 project new jobs in the Wimmera, Meredith Dairy to redevelop Hopwood Gardens Park in the provide 30 new cheese manufacturing jobs popular Port of Echuca tourist precinct. in Meredith, and Maxitrans Australia make new technology investments at its facility > Attracted a record 10,156 visitors to in Ballarat. the 2015 Regional Victoria Living Expo – a three-day event at the Melbourne > Focused on supporting local food Convention and Exhibition Centre that processing initiatives in Gippsland, showcased the benefits of living and including an expansion by Riviera Farms at investing in rural and regional Victoria. Stratford and Lindenow, and Queensland- based Australian Fresh Salads’ new investment in fresh salad growing, processing, packing and distribution in the Macalister Irrigation District that created 20 new jobs. > Helped an export-related expansion by Hardwick’s Meat Works that created 150 new jobs. RDV ANNUAL REPORT 14-15 CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOREWORD PG 6 CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOREWORD Regional Development Victoria made another significant contribution to the resilience and growth of Victoria’s regions during a year of consolidation and change. Together we helped create 2,094 jobs, generate $724 million in investment and facilitate $262 million in exports for rural and regional Victorians. We achieved this outcome by working across all tiers of government in partnership with local businesses and communities to provide
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