Federal Member for Aston, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, has written to over 600 community groups encouraging them to get involved with the annual Knox Relay for Life event. As Patron of the Knox Relay for Life, Mr Tudge is hoping this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever as the third…
DetailsFederal Member for Aston, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, has joined thousands of Australians in the challenge to abstain from alcohol during the month of February as part of the Febfast campaign. Febfast is the original charity movement which challenges Australians to take a 28 day break from alcohol. This year, participants can also take…
DetailsToday marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse. Chinese people all around the world will begin celebrating this very significant occasion today, as it marks the beginning of the first new moon of the Lunar New Year and continues until the end on the full moon day. Federal…
DetailsAustralia Day is an opportunity for us to celebrate our nation’s diversity, history and our culture. Federal Member for Aston, Alan Tudge MP, said we have much to be proud of as a nation and Australia day is a time for us to recognise and reflect on those achievements and be thankful for our success. Mr…
DetailsThe Australian: THE latest figures reveal that the indigenous employment gap is getting worse, not better. When prime minister Kevin Rudd made the apology to indigenous Australians in 2008, he invited indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to work in partnership to close the indigenous employment gap. Governments across Australia pledged to halve the gap within a decade…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, has outlined his priorities for Knox in one of his first speeches to Parliament since being re-elected. In discussing the priorities of his next three years representing Aston in Federal Parliament, Mr Tudge focused on safety, improving local roads, strengthening Knox community institutions including schools…
DetailsThe Hon Alan Tudge MP, Federal Member for Aston, yesterday spoke in Parliament about the critical need for the East-West Link in Melbourne to ease traffic congestion for Knox residents. In his first speech for the Parliamentary term, Mr Tudge re-affirmed a key Coalition election commitment to invest $1.5 billion to the first stage of…
DetailsEcotech, a Knox-based environmental manufacturing business, was this week recognised as one of Australia’s strongest export businesses at the 51st Australian Export Awards. The Member for Aston, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, congratulated Ecotech on their award and for the company’s important contribution to the local and national economy. Based in Knoxfield, Ecotech manufactures a…
DetailsKnox residents who would like the opportunity to attend Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli in 2015 can apply for the ballot now, Member for Aston, The Hon Alan Tudge MP announced today. “The 100th anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli will be one of the most significant…
DetailsFederal Member for Aston, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, has called on locals to nominate those young people in Knox who have made a significant contribution to the community. The Australian Government’s 2014 National Youth Awards are now taking nominations in eight different categories, selected in consultation with young Australians. Mr Tudge said he was…
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