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wagin.yourguide: "Wagin Telecentre to build on success
VEANA SCOTT
Thursday, 7 July 2005

THE Hon. Wilson Tuckey MP, Member for O'Connor officially opened a Rural Transaction Centre at the Wagin Telecentre last Thursday.
Invited guests included Wagin Shire CEO Ian Fitzgerald, shire president, Telecentre chairman and committee members, and representatives Westpac and CY O'Connor College of TAFE.
Telecentre chairman Phillip Blight said it all started in 1998 with a tour of up and running telecentres.
Mr Blight said a key thing they learnt was 'location', to be a success the telecentre needed a main street shop-front.
A steering committee was formed and in 1999 luck fell their way. Westpac was gearing down and offered them the building rent free for two years with the bank to remain as an in-store facility.
In February 2000 the Wagin Telecentre was officially opened.
The next step was to secure funding to purchase and upgrade the building.
'Through an application for Rural Transaction Centre funding we achieved this.
'Today marks the end of a six-year plan to open premises and declare them our own,' said Mr Blight who thanked everyone who had had an input into the successful outcome.
RTC funding of around $90,000 was obtained which helped to not only purchase the telecentre building from Westpac, but to undertake extensive renovations.
The building now sports excellent meetings rooms and disabled access.
Wagin Shire president Marilyn Brockway said by becoming a Rural Transaction Centre the telecentre can offer people face to face contact, for Centrelink, other government agencies and banking.
Mr Tuckey said he had great pleasure in formally opening the Rural Transaction Centre in Wagin.
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