SCOTT MORRISON’S CRUEL CUTS TO CAIRNS HOSPITAL
Friday, 28 September 2018
Scott Morrison’s hospital cuts will hit Cairns hard, leaving local residents facing longer wait times for elective surgery and emergency treatment. The Liberals have slashed more than $7 million in funding from Cairns Hospital – one of the deepest cuts from any hospital in Queensland – and the effects are already being felt. As Treasurer,
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TURNBULL CUTTING $5.71 MILLION OUT OF THE BALLARAT REGION’S PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Surgeries will be delayed, nurse and doctor numbers will decline and emergency department wait times will increase all throughout the Ballarat region, with the Turnbull Government cutting $5.71 million from local public hospitals from 2017-2020. Turnbull is cutting hundreds of millions out of Australia’s public hospitals between 2017- 2020, with Ballarat Health Services facing a
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140,000 APPRENTICES LOST UNDER THE LIBERALS AND NATIONALS – HANSON’S ‘DEAL’ FOR 1000 IS A JOKE
Monday, 26 March 2018
Federal member for Ballarat Catherine King has today slammed Pauline Hanson’s deal to deliver $65 billion in tax cuts for the big end of town in exchange for 1000 apprenticeships as a pathetic con job. Since the Liberals and Nationals came to government Australia has lost over 140,000 apprenticeships – a decline of over 35
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APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR REGIONAL GROWTH FUND
Thursday, 08 March 2018
Federal member for Ballarat, Catherine King has today called for local applications to the Regional Growth Fund. This $272 million Regional Growth Fund will provide grants of $10 million or more for major transformational projects which support long-term economic growth and create jobs in regions undergoing structural adjustment. Projects must have a minimum project cost
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TURNBULL GOVERNMENT HURTING REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
With Australians in regional areas such as Ballarat already far less likely than their counterparts in the cities to attend university, the Turnbull Government’s cuts to university funding are threatening to widen this education gap even further. “With university orientation continuing across the region and classes restarting for the year, it is a good time
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MORNING TEAL – RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT OVARIAN CANCER
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and to show her support Catherine King, Federal Member will be hosting a Morning Teal for women who have been impacted by ovarian cancer in some way. Ovarian cancer is in the top ten causes of premature death for Australian women. In the next five years, 8,000 women
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SAYING SORRY THE RIGHT THING – BUT MORE NEEDED
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd did a great thing for the nation 10 years ago when he said sorry to the Stolen Generations, but more is now needed, Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, said today. Ms King said the practices in place which led to the Stolen Generations were unjust, cruel and wrong. “Saying sorry
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BALLARAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACING CUTS AS STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL
Monday, 29 January 2018
As Ballarat students return to school this week the region’s public schools are still left facing cuts of $9.6 million over 2018/19 under the Turnbull government’s funding changes. This data, recently released by the PBO, confirms that Victorian government schools will lose $365.5 million of federal government funding over the next two years alone, with
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BALLARAT WORSE OFF UNDER CHILD CARE PACKAGE
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
1,060 FAMILIES IN BALLARAT SET TO BE WORSE OFF UNDER TURNBULL GOVERNMENT’S CHILD CARE PACKAGE The Government’s own secret hit list has revealed 1,060 families in the Ballarat will be worse off under the Turnbull Government’s new child care package come July 2. These families are part of the 279,000 families around Australia who will
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TURNBULL CUTS HURT FEDERATION UNIVERSITY
Tuesday, 19 December 2017
TURNBULL CUTS HURT FEDERATION UNIVERSITY Federation University Australia and the ambitions of regional students will suffer under the budget strategy confirmed by the Turnbull Government in its MYEFO announcement on Monday. Continuation of the freeze on Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding at 2017 levels for two years, and linking growth from 2020 to performance and national
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