The Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, today announced Federal grants for six local community organisations to support the work of their volunteers. The Volunteer Grants programme provides grants between $1,000 and $5,000 to assist community organisations with their activities in helping the local community. The fundraising and community outreach committee from Boronia…
The Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement to ensure children in Knox can access an additional 15 hours of preschool per week. The Government will inject $428 million into preschools across the country under our Jobs for Families child care package, with over $2 million allocated to preschools…
The Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP welcomed the passage of legislation in Federal Parliament which will cut taxes to over 10,000 small businesses in Knox. The legislation will cut the company tax rate to 27.5% this financial year for businesses with turnovers up to $10m. All small businesses will be able…
The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, today announced a new Local Drug Action (LDA) Team to tackle the scourge of drugs in Knox. Two-hundred and twenty community organisations will receive Federal funding across Australia for LDA Teams, including the Eastern Access Community Health Centre (EACH) in Knox. EACH’s LDA Team will…
The Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, today delivered funding for new security cameras at Scoresby Village. The funding was a major election commitment and is being delivered as part of the Federal Safer Communities Fund. The new security cameras will complement the recently completed new lights at Scoresby Village to boost trader and customer…
The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP welcomed a new opportunity for young, local job-seekers to improve their chances of finding a job with the national Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) programme. The programme is designed to help job-seekers develop basic employability skills (interpersonal, communication and IT skills) and assist with job preparation, advanced job-hunting…
The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, today welcomed a new Australian Hearing service to Boronia. Australian Hearing provides a wide range of services including; assessing hearing, fitting hearing devices, and providing counselling and rehabilitation programs to help individuals with complex hearing rehabilitation needs. Australian Hearing’s audiologists will provide hearing services once…
The Hon Christian Porter MPMinister for Social Services The Hon Alan Tudge MPMinister for Human Services JOINT MEDIA RELEASE The Government has agreed to extend the Cashless Debit Card trial sites in Ceduna, South Australia and East Kimberley, Western Australia due to the strong independent evaluation results, released today and in consultation with community leaders.…
The Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, has announced the next step in his plan to tackle ‘Ice’ locally, delivering $100,000 of federal funding for local organisation Sport and Life Training (SALT). SALT work within our community and play a significant role educating young men and women in our local sports clubs…
The Government has today reached agreement with State and Territory Ministers to establish a strong National Consumer Protection Framework for online wagering. Chaired by the Minister for Human Services, Hon Alan Tudge MP, Commonwealth, state and territory gambling ministers met today in Melbourne and gave in-principle agreement to key aspects of the Government’s response to…