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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