The state of Knox’s broadband were front and centre at a Broadband Forum with Coalition spokesman Malcolm Turnbull hosted by Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP. About 200 locals from across Knox attended the event to ask questions about the Coalition’s plan and express concerns over their current internet connection. Mr Turnbull outlined the…
DetailsANZAC Day is the most sacred day in our national life. Residents across Knox stopped to commemorate our local heroes today in ANZAC day services across the community. We were remembering those who have served and those who continue to serve our country in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. It is now 98 years on…
DetailsAll Knox residents are invited to attend the following ANZAC day services in the local area this Thursday April 25. Bayswater RSL5.45am Dawn Servce626 Mountain Highway BaywasterBoronia RSL6.00am Dawn Service198 Dorset Road BoroniaUpwey/Belgrave RSL Sub-Branch6.00am Dawn ServiceCoffee/Tea from 5.30amFollowed by Breakfast (Gold Coin donation)1 Mast Gully Rd, UpweyWaverley RSLGlen Waverley CenotaphKingsway, Glen Waverley5.30am Dawn Service
DetailsKnox young people aged 12 – 25 can receive help with mental health issues and other health needs through the Knox Headspace Centre, opened today in a ceremony attended by the Mental Health Minister, community leaders, those involved in the project and countless young people. The centre is the result of a two year local…
DetailsKnox residents and businesses will benefit from the Coalition’s plan to build a more affordable NBN and deliver it sooner than Labor’s NBN said Alan Tudge MP, Federal Member for Aston. “When it comes to fast broadband, Labor has promised big but hasn’t delivered”, said Mr Tudge. “Kevin Rudd promised everyone Australian fast broadband by…
DetailsThe Australian WHEN former Macquarie University vice-chancellor, Steven Schwartz, is asked to characterise the potential from the online education revolution, his answer is simple and exciting: university courses that are better, faster and cheaper. Australian universities have an excellent reputation, but despite a doubling of student numbers over the last 20 years, teaching has been…
DetailsShadow Minister for Communications and Broadband the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP will be ready to hear local Knox resident’s views on broadband blackspots and the massive delays in the NBN rollout at a local community forum this month.Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP, who is hosting the forum, says countless locals have contacted him…
DetailsAlan Tudge, Federal Member for Aston says the Federal Labor Government must rule out making any retrospective changes to superannuation. “We can’t allow Julia Gillard to raid the individual retirement savings of residents in Knox as a way of trying to cover up her budget black hole”, said Mr Tudge. “As Labor’s own Simon Crean…
DetailsDozens of Knox residents attended a local Community Safety Forum held at yesterday at Fairhills High School and hosted by Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP. The forum featured a panel of experts including Inspector Terry Cain, the head of Knox police, State Member for Ferntree Gully Nick Wakeling MP and Michael Keenan MP,…
DetailsThe Federal Government’s Carbon Tax has hit local health provider Eastern Health, which runs the Angliss Hospital and Wantirna Health, costing it more than $358,000 in higher energy costs over the past 6 months alone according to an audit by the Victorian Department of Health. The analysis showed that almost 20% of Eastern Health’s energy…
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