Western Plains Correctional Centre has exceeded a key local content target by 50 per cent this month, with more than 45,000 labour hours allocated to workers living in suburbs with high unemploymen

Western Plains Correctional Centre passed a major milestone this month with over one million labour hours worked on the project since construction started in February 2020.

Work is set to start on a major construction project in Lara, with a $133 million contract signed to expand the capacity of Barwon Prison by 196 beds.

Work to provide new cells to house more than 616 prisoners will begin shortly, with the signing of a $41 million contract to manufacture 460 prefabricated steel modular cells for five Victorian pri