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SHADOWS AT DAWN
A glow on the eastern horizon silhouettes a
familiar early morning ritual at Warrnambools
Lady Bay as another May Racing Carnival
begins today.

PROJECTS
$5M START

State budget backs cancer centre

WARRNAMBOOL
By ALEX SINNOTT
and CLARE QUIRK
CAMPAIGNERS
were
celebrating last night after
the state government committed $5 million to start the
construction of a south-west
cancer care centre.
Treasurer Kim Wells will
honour a 2010 election pledge
for the centre in Warrnambool
when he hands down the
budget this afternoon.
A joint submission from
Peters Project, South West

Healthcare and St John of

God Hospital sealed the
deal which was leaked to The
Standard late yesterday.
The centre will be built
at the Warrnambool Base
Hospital as part of the
next stage of its major
redevelopment.
Last night Peters Project
founder Vicki Jellie said she
hoped the funding would allow for South West Healthcare
to develop drawings and a
business plan.
Weve always had hope,
Ms Jellie said.

Were very grateful but

we need roughly $35 million.
I know theyve committed this
and that does give us hope.
Hopefully this will allow
the hospital to do schematic
drawings and a business
plan.
Peters Project committee member and former
Warrnambool mayor Glenys
Phillpot said the funding was
a brilliant start but South
West Healthcare needed to
be allowed to continue the
next stage of planning.
Five million dollars will

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get you the front door, she

said.
We need the state government to unfreeze South West
Healthcare, complete the next
stage of planning and make
a realistic budget bid next
year.
This is certainly a brilliant start. The community
has been very clear. More
than half-a-million dollars
has been donated and every
dollar has been a vote for this
project.

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Peters Project founder Vicki Jellie (centre), former mayor Glenys

Phillpot and South West Healthcare CEO John Krygger are
delighted by the funding decision. 120430AM32 Picture: ANGELA MILNE

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