Traffic congestion costs time and money. It is why tackling it remains one of my top priorities locally. We need roads built, more commuter carparks, and better public transport options. We have been working on this for some time and a lot of progress has been made. Here is my plan with money secured for…
The Australian: If there is one thing in school education that generates heated debate, it is curriculum changes. And so it should. It goes to the heart of what our children are taught: the content, the priorities and the values embedded in the materials. Earlier this week the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released…
To cut the cost of living for around a quarter of a million families and to help boost workforce participation, the Morrison Government will make an additional $1.7 billion investment in child care as part of the 2021-22 Budget. The investment will add up to 300,000 hours of work per week which would allow the…
This Anzac Day we are again able to gather at local services to reflect and pay our respects to all our defence personnel who have served our nation. I wanted to share with you the stories of five local Knox veterans who from World War II to Afghanistan have served to preserve our way of life. They are…
Did you know that an important key to the global rollout of the COVID vaccine lies in Knox? That’s right! Not in London, not in New York, but in our very own area. Biosafety is a small local business that is playing a massive role in the global roll-out. They have recently travelled to the…
Since the pandemic began, we’ve known that our best chance of getting back to normal is if a vaccine can be found and made accessible. With the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine now approved by Therapeutic Goods Authority (TGA) and the AstraZeneca vaccine soon to be approved, this chance is now a reality. Although the development was…
2021 is going to be a big year. As a community we are bouncing back from the pandemic and life is finally starting to get back to normal. Importantly, there are several local road and community infrastructure projects that will be getting underway across Knox – projects I committed to at the last election to…
NEIL MITCHELL: Alan Tudge good morning. ALAN TUDGE: Good morning Neil. NEIL MITCHELL: Ok yes or no to the 12 months extension? ALAN TUDGE: I do not like it and I think that Daniel Andrews needs to explain why it is necessary and what the purpose of it is. Ordinarily as you know he has…
$80M FOR DORSET RD EXTENSION We have secured $80 million to finally build the Dorset Rd extension! This has been on the books for decades, and now can be done. It will make a huge difference to local traffic, and take cars off suburban streets in Ferntree Gully as people presently do the rat-run to…
After being on the drawing board for decades, construction of the $6m Henderson Road bridge has started today. The Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, today turned the first sod of the project which will fix the missing connection on Henderson Road over the Corrhanwarrabul Creek, linking Rowville to Knoxfield. “The new bridge to…