The Australian: What responsibility should we have over how welfare is delivered to those in need? Since the introduction of federal unemployment benefits in 1944, the government has provided welfare in cash. The reason is expedience: dropping cash into an account is simpler and cheaper than the traditional church welfare of providing clothes, food or…
DetailsThe Australian: What responsibility should we have over how welfare is delivered to those in need? Since the introduction of federal unemployment benefits in 1944, the government has provided welfare in cash. The reason is expedience: dropping cash into an account is simpler and cheaper than the traditional church welfare of providing clothes, food or…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, has helped officially launch a new online World War I community database for the eastern suburbs. Mr Tudge launched the database together with Michael Sukkar MP, the Federal Member for Deakin, Tony Smith MP, the Federal Member for Casey, and Jason Wood MP, the Federal Member…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, is inviting community organisations in Knox to apply for grants to help deliver projects that will reduce violence against women and their children. A total of $4 million is available under the Building Safe Communities for Women and their Children initiative to fund one-off projects…
DetailsSt Andrews Christian College will soon have new senior school buildings and an innovation centre after being named a recipient of a $250,000 Australian Government grant. The grant, awarded as part of the Government’s Capital Grants Programme (CGP), will go towards construction of Senior School and Innovation Centre to include fit out of library, flexible…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, is encouraging Knox residents to nominate an individual or community group they believe deserves recognition for service to the community. The Aston Community Awards celebrate local volunteers and community groups who give their time, skill and energy to helping others and making the Knox community…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, has announced that Knox Council will receive an extra $1.6 million over the next two years for road upgrades. Mr Tudge said the extra money will flow as a result of the passage through Federal Parliament of the fuel excise indexation legislation. Every cent…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, said that ideas from the local Ice Public Forum held in Rowville last night will contribute to government policy in the months ahead. The Forum, attended by over 140 local residents, was organised by Mr Tudge and included a panel consisting of the Federal Minister for Justice,…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, has announced a local ice public forum for Knox residents to be held in Rowville. Mr Tudge recently welcomed the announcement of a National Ice Action Strategy to tackle the growing ice epidemic, calling on locals to provide feedback on how best tackle the epidemic.…
DetailsThe Australian: If a man called for the public gang rape of two prominent women, what would be your response? Revulsion? Outrage? How about giving the man a taxpayer-funded megaphone, live and unvetoed, with a million people listening? This is what the ABC did when they gave the microphone to Zaky Mallah on their flagship…
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