Federal Member for Aston and this year’s Patron of the Knox Relay for Life has urged residents to get involved by signing up or sponsor a local participant to help raise money for the Cancer Council. The Knox Relay for Life will take place at the Knox Athletics Track in Knoxfield over the weekend of…
DetailsJust as the internet is transforming media, retail and music, it will transform the way students learn, connect and get qualified. This will be challenging to our existing higher education institutions, but online learning has the potential to deliver higher quality, more affordable education to more people – if we get the policy settings right.…
DetailsFederal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP has welcomed the Federal Government decision to restore the $107 million funding it cut from the Victorian healthcare system. The cuts, which included an $8.4 million cut to local health provider Eastern Health, had forced beds to close at local Knox facilities: the Angliss Hospital and Wantirna Health.…
DetailsIn a speech in Parliament, Federal Member for Aston, Alan Tudge MP, has called on the government to act immediately to provide relief for Knox families struggling with the rising cost of living. The call comes as official ABS statistics shows that the cost of essential household items have skyrocketed since 2007. Electricity has risen…
DetailsFederal Member for Aston, Alan Tudge MP, directly asked the Prime Minister in Question Time to explain how she could justify cutting hospital beds, including five from Wantirna Health, while still spending money on carbon tax ads. The Gillard Government recently cut $107 million from Victorian hospitals including $8.4 million from Eastern Health. The funding…
DetailsThe Federal Governments $107 million funding cut to Victoria’s health system has been strongly condemned by Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge MP in a speech to Federal Parliament today. Mr Tudge says the cuts will drastically affect local facilities which have been forced to close beds and reduce services as a result. He has…
DetailsAlan Tudge MP, Federal Member for Aston, says his concerns about the Gillard Government’s health care cuts have been realised with Wantirna Health and the Angliss Hospital immediately cutting services. Late last year the Prime Minister cut $107 million of health funding from Victoria, including $8.4 million from Eastern Health who operate local health providers…
DetailsAlan Tudge, Federal Member for Aston, said the release of the Coalition’s plan for Australia would be welcomed throughout Knox. The plan, released on Sunday, reaffirmed commitments to inject $1.5 billion into the East West Link project, establish a green army to tackle local environmental project around Knox and funding for CCTV camera’s and other…
DetailsAlan Tudge MP, Federal Member for Aston said Australia Day is a day to reflect on our achievements as a nation. “We are one of the most successful nations on Earth and we should be rightly proud of it. Australia Day is a day when we can be thankful about our past and hopeful about…
DetailsFederal Member for Aston, Alan Tudge MP, has expressed his concern that the Gillard Government’s $8.5 million cut to Eastern Health will impact local health facilities, particularly the Angliss Hospital and Wantirna Health. In the Government’s Budget Update late last year, the Gillard Government cut $107 million from Victoria’s health budget in this financial year,…
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