Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP has welcomed the new headspace centre opening for business in a speech to Parliament House today. The new centre, located in Knox Ozone, will provide important services to young people in the local community. The centre will provide free services to 12 – 25 year olds including General…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: We have just had five minutes from the member for Wakefield as to how fantastic the carbon tax is and the impacts it is having. He says house prices are up, job numbers are up, new companies are being created and cars are running off the line because of the carbon tax…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: Over the last few weeks we have had a lot of debate about the quality of teacher education courses, with both the NSW government and the federal government announcing policies to address standards. It is fair to say that there is bipartisan concern about how our future teachers are being trained. I…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: We know that the government has no shame, but the hospital ads that the government has placed into Victorian metropolitan newspapers go to new lows. We know the history of this. The government ripped $107 million from Victorian hospitals causing beds to close at the premier cancer institution, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,…
A group of seven passionate Knox young adults have today brought their concerns about Global poverty to Canberra in a meeting with Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP. The group, members of the Oaktree Foundation, are on the annual ‘Road Trip to End Poverty’ designed to bring the issue of third world poverty to…
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: The Knox Relay for Life, a fantastic community event in which members across my electorate come together to raise funds for the Victorian Cancer Council, is due to take place in a week or so. I know that this event also occurs in other electorates and that other members are also getting involved.…
Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP has today used a speech in Parliament to urge local residents to get on board Knox Relay for Life. Taking place at the Knox Athletics Track, the Relay for Life will begin on Saturday March 23rd and conclude on Sunday March 24th. Teams involved will complete an 18…
Australian Financial Review“A thousand year old industry on the cusp of profound change”. This is how global business consultants Ernst & Young describe the changes hitting our tertiary sector as a result of the digital revolution. It is a dramatic statement, but is probably right. For a thousand years, the university model has been largely…
Local residents will have the opportunity to express their concerns and put forward ideas at a local ‘Community Safety Forum’ featuring a panel of federal, state, council and local police representatives to be hosted by Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP. The ‘Community Safety Forum’ comes at an important time in Knox with recently…
Federal Member for Aston and this year’s Patron of the Knox Relay for Life has urged residents to get involved by signing up or sponsor a local participant to help raise money for the Cancer Council. The Knox Relay for Life will take place at the Knox Athletics Track in Knoxfield over the weekend of…