NEW CENTRE FOR FARMER HEALTH LEADING THE NATION
Source: Victoria. Premier. Media Release
"Victorian farmers will have access to the highest standard of health-related services in Australia with the opening of the National Centre for Farmer Health, Premier John Brumby said. At the opening of the centre in Hamilton with Agriculture Minister Joe Helper, Mr Brumby said the $3.4 million facility would address the health and well-being of Victorian farmers, farm workers, agricultural employees and their families.“The National Centre for Farmer Health is the first centre of its kind in the southern hemisphere and a landmark in Victoria’s agricultural history” Mr Brumby said. The Victorian Government committed $2.4 million for the centre from the $205 million Future Farming Strategy."