22/06/2026
There's been a lot of talk about the suggestion the Morwell Central Hotel on Commercial Road is going to be turned into a rooming house or hostel-type accommodation for up to 40 people.
This cannot be allowed to happen. Morwell already has a disproportionately high number of rooming houses, and this comes with issues because they largely house transient people and often people coming out of the jail system.
Nothing about this plan meets community expectations. There cannot be a giant rooming house in the Morwell CBD, which is already on its knees.
I'm calling on Latrobe City Council to stand with me and businesses in opposing this plan. It's time for council to step-up, and step-in to stop this development from happening.