Over 50,000 Knox households this week is set to receive a copy of the Coalitions detailed plan for stronger borders, lower taxes, more jobs and a stronger economy. The ‘Our Plan’ booklet outlines key policy initiatives of the Federal Coalition, many of which will have a direct impact upon Knox. Key initiatives include: Scrapping the…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: I seek leave to speak on these two committee reports. I was also a member for House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment, which inquired into these two important bills over recent weeks. I would like to make some brief comments in relation to the dissenting reports that we have…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: Perhaps the key difference between the Coalition and the Labor Party is our view on the size and the role of government. The Labor Party, with its socialist roots, has always believed in big government. It believes that the government should be at the centre of economic activity, as Kevin Rudd has…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: We need an additional post office in Wellington Village in Rowville in my electorate. This is just a few kilometres away from the Stud Park Post Office, but that post office is now almost at capacity and there is an enormous growth corridor out the Rowville direction down Wellington Road. I have…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: I rise in support of the redevelopment of the Boronia Heights Primary School. Boronia Heights is a terrific school in the corner of my electorate, in the foothills of the Dandenongs. It caters for just under 500 students, from prep to year 6, and is ably led by Principal Mark Flack. The…
Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge has reported to Federal Parliament on the progress of the proposed Knox Honour Roll, including the initial funding to date. Mr Tudge along with local veteran organisations launched a campaign 12 months ago with the aim of having a significant memorial built at the Arboretum in Ferntree Gully completed…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: Just over 12 months ago, I launched in conjunction with the major veterans and services organisations a campaign to build an honour roll in the Knox municipality to honour those fallen servicemen and servicewomen from the past. It is something which is missing in our community presently. This will be an honour…
Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP says the next election, due in exactly 100 days, will provide the people of Knox with a clear choice. “The election will be a choice between the Coalition with its Real Solutions Plan to build a strong, prosperous economy, or another three years of chaos and broken promises…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: At the beginning of this debate about these amendments, the minister said that these 71 pages of amendments provide funding certainty for our schools. That is the claim that he made and I would like to put on the record that these amendments do no such thing. It is an extraordinary claim…
Knox households and families will get another rude shock in less than a month when the carbon tax increases by another 5 per cent on July 1 pushing up the cost of bills such as electricity and gas even further. “The Carbon Tax is a bad tax hurting Knox families”, said Alan Tudge MP, Federal…