Tomorrow is 12 months since Australia’s biggest natural disaster hit our community. Lismore was the epicentre, but the downriver towns of Broadwater, Woodburn, Coraki and Wardell were hit just as hard. Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the progress of flood recovery is far too slow. “It is 12 months now, too…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan is astonished there is not a bigger focus on flood mitigation in today’s announcement. “The $50 million in projects announced today are part of the $150 million in funding I announced just after the flooding event,” Mr Hogan said. “This funding was intended to be spent on shovel-ready flood…
Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Kevin Hogan has urged Labor to reinstate $35 million in funding cuts to Tourism Australia after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released new data indicating the return of international tourists to Australia is seriously lagging. “ABS figures confirm the return of international tourists is worryingly low, at…