FANTASTIC GRANTS FOR LOCAL MEN’S SHEDS
Thursday, 01 June 2017
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, today welcomed a pair of grants that will see significant repairs and upgrades to local Men’s Sheds in the Ballarat region. “It’s great to see the importance of our local Men’s Shed network being recognised with almost $10,000 for repairs and upgrades to Ballarat and Creswick’s sheds. “This money
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DEATH OF ROD MAY
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
DEATH OF ROD MAY Rod May was a fine man, a hard-working and innovative citizen who gave much to his beloved community. In my experience he was an extremely rational and focused community leader. It was always a pleasure to work with him in the interests of Hepburn and its people. He leaves an important
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MALCOLM TURNBULL CUTS OVER $14 MILLION FROM BALLARAT SCHOOLS
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, has today criticised Malcolm Turnbull for cutting $14,700,000 from schools in the Ballarat region over the next two years alone. Official data from the Victorian Government shows public schools in Ballarat will lose funding under Mr Turnbull’s new schools policy. “Malcolm Turnbull is cutting $22 billion from Australian schools
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ROUND 3 MOBILE BLACK SPOT FUNDING: BALLARAT MISSES OUT AGAIN
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
The third round of Mobile Black Spot Program has seen the Ballarat Region miss out again, Federal Member for Ballarat Catherine King said today. “It appears that, once again, the Turnbull government has short-changed regional Australia in favour of their own electorates. “Round 2 of the program saw no added funding for the Ballarat Region,
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TURNBULL TAKES AXE TO BALLARAT SCHOOLS
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Federal member for Ballarat, Catherine King has tonight slammed the Turnbull Government for its savage cuts to schools across the nation and in Ballarat. Explosive information released by the Victorian government and available at http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/revealed-the-victorian-schools-worse-off-under-new-funding-plan-20170511-gw2agu.html shows the extent of the damage. “It’s not even a full day after the budget and we are already hearing
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BUDGET BAD FOR BALLARAT
Tuesday, 09 May 2017
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King has tonight slammed the Turnbull Government for failing the people of Ballarat in the 2017/18 Budget, outlining two key areas in particular where our community has been let down. School funding cuts The Turnbull Government has cut $22 billion from Australian schools. This equates to an average of $2.4
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BALLARAT VOLUNTEERS FUNDING IN DOUBT
Monday, 08 May 2017
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King today called on the Turnbull Government to use tomorrow’s federal budget to commit to protecting critical volunteer management and support services. These groups have been put at risk through the Turnbull Government’s refusal to commit to funding under the Volunteer Management program. This was confirmed in Senate Estimates earlier
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A TALE OF TWO BUDGETS
Friday, 05 May 2017
Whether it is the best or worst of times, we are in the middle of two budgets that show us just how our governments can serve or fail us. After four years of being ignored by the Abbott-Turnbull Federal Governments, Ballarat rightly has a long list of projects that need government funding. “We have significant
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PRESCHOOL FUNDING SAVED, BUT FOR HOW LONG?
Thursday, 04 May 2017
Reports the Government has only funded Labor’s Universal Access kindergarten and preschool program until 2018 do nothing to soothe concerns of parents and educators. As with their recent backdown on funding for Community Legal Centres, the Turnbull Government have ignored that their waffling has meant important community organisations have had to let good staff go
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MORE EVIDENCE GOVERNMENT HEALTH FREEZE HURTING BALLARAT
Tuesday, 02 May 2017
A University of Melbourne report, highlighted in The Courier today, further reveals the growing pressure that Ballarat doctors are facing under Malcolm Turnbull’s GP freeze. The report revealing GPs are under growing pressure with a drop in job satisfaction under Malcolm Turnbull’s six-year Medicare freeze is further evidence of how our local health care system
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