Photo caption: Central Darling Shire Council General Manager Greg Hill and Administrator Bob Stewart, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and NSW Rural Fire Service Director of Area Operations Northern, Assistant Commissioner Jayson McKellar opened the new Ivanhoe Multi Service Outlet today.
Ivanhoe residents can now access a range of government services in a modern, purpose-built facility, with the opening of the new Ivanhoe Multi Service Outlet.
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton joined Central Darling Shire Council General Manager Greg Hill and Administrator Bob Stewart to officially open the new building today.
“It’s wonderful to be in Ivanhoe today to open this building, which is a significant improvement on the old facility,” Mr Coulton said.
“Being hundreds of kilometres away from the nearest large centres, it’s important that Ivanhoe residents have a place locally where they can go to access a range of government services, from Centrelink to Central Darling Shire Council support.
“With disability access, publicly available internet and meeting spaces, the whole community will be able to utilise this new building.
“These multi service outlets are vital to small communities, and I’m pleased the former Coalition Government was able to support this project.”
The Australian Government provided $450,000 in funding for this project under Round Four of the Building Better Regions Fund and Central Darling Shire Council contributed the remaining $150,000.
Central Darling Shire Council General Manager Greg Hill said it was a big day for Ivanhoe and the Shire.
“We are grateful for the funding that made this project possible,” Mr Hill said.
“The town of Ivanhoe is home to approximately 196 people. At some stage we expect everyone will have a need to use the facility, including accessing a government service.
“The building also houses a modern Rural Fire Service Command Centre. Should the need arise people can be reassured that we now have state of the art facilities to deal with an emergency situation.”
The Multi Service Outlet provides a one-stop shop for government services for Ivanhoe residents and people in outlying remote locations. It is purpose built, both for now and into the future, providing meeting spaces, disability access and new technology.
The construction of the building supported an estimated 15 direct, full-time equivalent jobs, and 25 in-direct, full-time jobs. The Multi Service Outlet provides two full-time jobs ongoing.
The $1.38 billion Building Better Regions Fund supports projects that create jobs, drive economic growth and build stronger regional communities into the future. For more information, visit https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/regional-australia/regional-and-community-programs/building-better-regions-fund-bbrf