In a pointed speech to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia yesterday, the original proponent of the East West Link, Sir Rod Eddington, again called on Daniel Andrews and the Victorian Labor Government to build the missing link. Sir Eddington expressed his disappointment at the State Labor Government’s scrapping of the project and the associated $1.2 billion…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Alan Tudge MP, has announced the winners of the 2017 Aston Community Awards. 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 a better place to live. The overall winners in the four award…
DetailsIt appears that the Labor Party, ACOSS, and health groups who oppose our drug testing trial would rather see the continuation of the same destructive path, than try something new to avoid it. This week, the two of us announced drug testing trials for new welfare recipients as a way of assisting people to…
DetailsFederal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP’s election commitment for new solar panels for community groups in Knox is now being delivered. The commitment will enable community groups and sports clubs in Knox to lower their power bills and play their part in reducing Australia’s emissions. The Solar Communities program provides funding for…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, today announced Federal grants for six local community organisations to support the work of their volunteers. The Volunteer Grants programme provides grants between $1,000 and $5,000 to assist community organisations with their activities in helping the local community. The fundraising and community outreach committee from Boronia…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement to ensure children in Knox can access an additional 15 hours of preschool per week. The Government will inject $428 million into preschools across the country under our Jobs for Families child care package, with over $2 million allocated to preschools…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, today announced a new Local Drug Action (LDA) Team to tackle the scourge of drugs in Knox. Two-hundred and twenty community organisations will receive Federal funding across Australia for LDA Teams, including the Eastern Access Community Health Centre (EACH) in Knox. EACH’s LDA Team will…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP welcomed the passage of legislation in Federal Parliament which will cut taxes to over 10,000 small businesses in Knox. The legislation will cut the company tax rate to 27.5% this financial year for businesses with turnovers up to $10m. All small businesses will be able…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, Hon Alan Tudge MP, today delivered funding for new security cameras at Scoresby Village. The funding was a major election commitment and is being delivered as part of the Federal Safer Communities Fund. The new security cameras will complement the recently completed new lights at Scoresby Village to boost trader and customer…
DetailsThe Federal Member for Aston, the Hon Alan Tudge MP welcomed a new opportunity for young, local job-seekers to improve their chances of finding a job with the national Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) programme. The programme is designed to help job-seekers develop basic employability skills (interpersonal, communication and IT skills) and assist with job preparation, advanced job-hunting…
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