CATHERINE KING & BRIAN MITCHELL – MEDIA RELEASE – BETTER MAIN ROADS FOR PERTH AND CAMPBELL TOWN – FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY 2022
Friday, 28 January 2022
An Albanese Labor Government will commit $8 million to upgrade Main Road in Perth and High Street in Campbell Town. Working closely with the North Midlands Council, Labor’s investment will improve pedestrian safety and crossing, install new street furniture and landscaping, and play a prominent role in reinvigorating the centre of both these growing towns.
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ALBANESE, KING, MITCHELL & HART – MEDIA RELEASE – BUILDING A NEW TASMANIAN HOME FOR THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS – SATURDAY, 22 JANUARY 2022
Saturday, 22 January 2022
A Federal Labor Government will commit $15 million to build a new Tasmanian home for the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Launceston Airport. The current site has served the community well for 20 years, but it is clear that it is no longer adequate to provide the services that Tasmanians deserve. The RFDS’s current home
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CATHERINE KING & REBECCA FANNING – MEDIA RELEASE – BUSTING CONGESTION FASTER ON BRIBIE ISLAND ROAD – THURSDAY, 20 JANUARY 2022
Thursday, 20 January 2022
An Albanese Labor Government will bring forward much-needed upgrade works on Bribie Island Road, meaning locals can spend more time at home and less time stuck in traffic. Working closely with the Queensland Government, an Albanese Labor Government will bring forward Commonwealth funding for this essential local project, meaning work can get underway sooner than
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CATHERINE KING & MATT BURNETT – MEDIA RELEASE – NEW AQUATIC CENTRE COMING TO BOYNE ISLAND AND TANNUM SANDS – WEDNESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2022
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
An Albanese Labor Government will invest $15 million to deliver a new aquatic centre at Boyne Tannum. Currently, locals across Boyne and Tannum only have access to the single, 25 metre public swimming pool. As a growing community of nearly 10,000, you don’t have to spend long here before you see that this is not good enough. That’s why an Albanese
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CATHERINE KING & ANIKA WELLS – MEDIA RELEASE – GETTING GYMPIE ROAD MOVING AGAIN – TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Tuesday, 18 January 2022
An Albanese Labor Government will get Gympie Road moving again, starting with a $5 million planning study to remove blockages and ease congestion along this vital arterial. Significant investment into surrounding roads – including the Gateway Motorway – has delivered easier travel to many Queenslanders but left considerable blockages closer to the city, particularly along
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CATHERINE KING – OPINION PIECE – LABOR WILL GET ON WITH VITAL WORKS COALITION HAS IGNORED – FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 2022
Friday, 14 January 2022
It tells you everything you need to know about the Morrison-Joyce government’s approach to infrastructure development that the biggest complaint they can make about Labor’s commitment to nation-building infrastructure is that we are beginning with the planning phase. Late last year, Labor announced we would establish a high-speed rail authority to continue the work started
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CATHERINE KING & LISA CHESTERS – MEDIA RELEASE – LABOR TO FUND NEXT STAGE OF BENDIGO AIRPORT – FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 2022
Friday, 14 January 2022
An Albanese Labor Government will ensure the next stage of Bendigo Airport’s development is ready for lift-off by contributing $4.5m to expand the terminal building. Over the last five years, Bendigo Airport has grown into a regional airport capable of hosting daily passenger flights. Now, figures from the City of Greater Bendigo figures predict that
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CATHERINE KING & LISA CHESTERS – TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – BENDIGO – FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 2022
Friday, 14 January 2022
E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWBENDIGOFRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 2022 SUBJECT: Labor’s $4.5m commitment to Bendigo Airport. LISA CHESTERS, MEMBER FOR BENDIGO: It’s good to be here at the beginning of 2022. It is an election year and as such we are here today with a very important announcement. The Bendigo Airport terminal upgrade has been on the books for our
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CATHERINE KING – OPINION PIECE – ADBLUE SHORTAGE IS THE CRISIS WE DIDN’T HAVE TO HAVE – THURSDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2021
Thursday, 16 December 2021
Truck drivers have had a seemingly impossible two years. They’ve had to endure Covid restrictions, border closures, been locked out of rest stops and faced mandatory testing, but through it all they have kept Australia moving. Now, with Christmas on the horizon and their workload picking up, truck drivers are again facing a crisis. But
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KATY GALLAGHER & CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – HERE COMES THE NEXT ROUND OF MORRISON’S RORTS – TUESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2021
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Not even COVID quarantine in the United States stopped the Deputy Prime Minister from firing the starting gun yesterday on the next round of Morrison-Joyce Government rorts, this time with round six of the Building Better Regions Fund. This round of funding tops up Scott Morrison’s re-election piggy bank to the tune of $250 million.
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