I would like to inform you of an exciting grant program that you may wish to make a submission. In honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, groups are invited to plant trees. When the Queen has visited Australia over the past 70 years, she has planted many trees, in fact 15,000. This year…
DetailsOn Friday, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights released the inquiry report on the Religious Discrimination legislative package of Bills. Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Anne Webster, said “Increasingly, people of faith are being silenced for their genuinely held religious beliefs. “Minority religions are experiencing this even more so. Australia is…
DetailsJOINT MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) has committed $255 million for critical infrastructure supporting the Perdaman Urea Project in Western Australia. The $4.3 billion project will convert Australian gas into approximately two million tonnes of urea per year. Member for Mallee, Anne Webster said local production of urea in Australia…
DetailsThe Federal Government this week announced $14.9 million for OrganMatch, a world-class software system helping to save the lives of more Australians waiting for an organ transplant. OrganMatch is Australia’s organ waitlisting and matching system, providing real time access for clinicians to share time critical information across tissue-typing labs, DonateLife agencies and transplant units. Member…
DetailsTo continue our unprecedented investment into improving the mental health of all Australians, the Morrison Government is investing a further $44 million to increase access and reduce wait times at headspace services for young people aged 12 to 25 years. Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, said that Australia’s headspace centres provide young people in Mallee…
DetailsThe Australian Government has released the guidelines for Round 9 of the Remote Airstrip Upgrade (RAU) Program, which enhances the safety and accessibility of aerodromes in remote and very remote areas of Australia. Federal Member for Mallee, Anne Webster said anyone who lives in a remote community understands how important local airstrips are to our…
DetailsThe Liberal and Nationals Government is investing $1,119,842 in priority projects across the Pyrenees in Mallee, supporting local jobs, businesses and the resilience of local economies to help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Made possible under the third phase of the Australian Government’s $2.5 billion Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) program, projects…
DetailsThe Liberal and Nationals Government is investing $5,409,635 in priority projects across Mallee, supporting local jobs, businesses and the resilience of local economies to help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Made possible under the third phase of the Australian Government’s $2.5 billion Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) program, projects to be delivered…
DetailsA $1.8 million project for levees and associated drainage and culvert works at Carisbrook has been signed off in a joint agreement between the Australian Government and Central Goldfields Shire Council, ensuring better flood protection across 25 properties. The signing has unlocked $1.2 million in federal funding for the Carisbrook Township Western Levee Construction under…
DetailsA Regional Banking Taskforce has been established by the Liberal and Nationals Government to assess the impact of bank branch closures on regional communities. The Federal Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster is inviting residents to provide their feedback in a public forum co-hosted by the Co-Chair of Regional Banking Taskforce, Senator Perin Davey. The…
DetailsMore than 100 students studying medicine, nursing, midwifery, allied health and dentistry have completed the rural part of their training in Mildura under Morrison Joyce Government-funded programs, which has boosted access to doctors, dentists and health professionals for local patients. Federal Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster said the Morrison Joyce Government supported regional and…
DetailsWork has restarted on a new radiation therapy cancer centre at Mildura Health Private Hospital, which is expected to open by March next year, with the Morrison Joyce Government funding the radiotherapy equipment and providing Medicare rebates for the radiotherapy services. Federal Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster and Regional Health Minister, Dr David Gillespie…
DetailsABC Mildura – Swan Hill 16th December 2021 JAMES FINDLAY: Now, we’re heading into an election year. The announcements are coming thick and fast. Recently, it’s been announced that doctors and nurse practitioners working in rural areas will be eligible to have their university debts wiped from next month. That’s if they move out to…
Details• $13.8 million nationally for two-year soil extension activities • Delivering outcomes under the Smart Farms Small Grants Program and the National Soil Strategy • Taking action to improve soil health with evidence-based intervention The final round of the Morrison Joyce Government’s Smart Farms Small Grants program has now been finalised, with $13.8 million funding…
DetailsThe Morrison-Joyce Government is providing an early Christmas present to Mallee by continuing to support the health and wellbeing of men through the National Shed Development Programme (NSDP). Member for Mallee, Anne Webster said she was delighted by the announcement that the Morrison-Joyce Government was awarding three Men’s Shed in Mallee with funding totalling $8116.…
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