I attended the Richmond Valley Australia Day celebrations at Woodburn. It was a great day. It was wonderful to see all the award nominees and recipients from our Australia Day Awards. Congratulations to Richmond Valley Council awardees: Brian O’Farrell (Citizen of the Year), Aideen Yourell (Young Citizen of the Year), Bill Bartier (Volunteer of the Year),…
Last week, legislation was introduced into Parliament that will bring a crackdown on multinational tax avoidance. Once this legislation comes into effect on July 1, and is expected to raise at least $100 million in its first year. These will be the toughest laws against multinational tax avoidance in the world. ***** Country of Origin…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed new Federal Government incentives that will help local business hire young people in our community. New wage subsidies are a key component of the Government’s new jobactive PaTH Program, which will be fully rolled out in April and will help up to 120,000 vulnerable young Australians through…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the Federal Government is ensuring multinational tax dodgers pay their fair share of tax, helping to pay for crucial government services for our community. He said around $2 billion in tax is expected to be clawed back this financial year under the Government’s crackdown on multinational tax avoidance.…
New 3.5-kilometre road to carry Pacific Highway traffic during upgrades, providing alternative access to the highway while connecting Woodburn and Broadwater Six temporary roads and Broadwater (Richmond River) and Harwood (Clarence River) bridges also underway Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said works on a temporary road to carry traffic during the upgrade…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the appointment of the country’s first National Rural Health Commissioner. He said the Commissioner will be an independent and high-profile advocate for regional, and is part of important reforms to regional and rural health in Australia. “The people of regional an rural Australia are the heart…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the naming of the preferred contractor to deliver a new one-kilometre-long bridge over the Richmond River at Broadwater was another milestone in completing the full duplication of the Pacific Highway by 2020. “The bridge over the Richmond River at Broadwater is the second of two major new crossings…
Ensuring job security is one of the most important things we can do. I announced last year a $50 million North Coast jobs package. There is a group I have established to get Businesses to move to our region and look at ways to use this funding. This will not only bring jobs to our…
I WOULD like to congratulate the Clarence Valley’s latest crop of young Sporting Champions. I recently held a morning tea in Grafton to present the awards, and a $500 cheque, to nine Clarence teenagers who represented our community at a state and/or national event. They were Toby Power (hockey, aged 16), Harry Watts (hockey,…
WONDERFUL to see all the award nominees and recipients from our Australia Day Awards. Congratulations to John Turnbull from Modanville who was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his services to secondary education, Alan Hoskins who also received an OAM for his services to the Uniting Church and Ian Grimwood who was recognised with the…