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…
Since the first convoy of servicemen left the shores of Albany in 1914, almost two million men and women have worn with pride the uniforms of the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force and on ANZAC Day, we remember them all. We remember those that put their country first – our…
31 March 2021 Thank you Vice Chancellor Martin Bean for having me at your RMIT city campus, and congratulations on your contribution to this great university. I wish you well on your next chapter when you finish up here in a few months. Thank you also for the introductory remarks from the Hon Phil Honeywood.…
26 March 2021 Indian communities across Victoria are set to benefit from a new Indian Community Centre opened by the Hon Alan Tudge MP in Rowville today. The centre was partially funded by the Australian Government with $2.5 million in funding. Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge said that once final council…
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…
Speech 26 February 2021 Acknowledgements I am delighted to join you all today — here at our second oldest university, one of our great research institutions, and my alma mater. This is my first major speech on higher education since becoming Education Minister just before Christmas last year. I want to use it to…
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…