FARMERS in Page will tomorrow have the opportunity to have their say on how Australia can build an agricultural sector that grows and delivers greater return to our nation and the farm gate. Federal member of Page Kevin Hogan said the national taskforce charged with developing the Government’s White Paper on Agricultural Competitiveness will hold…
DetailsKevin Hogan today used a parliamentary debate on this year’s G20 meeting in Brisbane to urge businesses in Page to leverage off the international event.
The NBN Co will spend more than $34 million to give customers on its satellite service access to adequate broadband speeds and provide new satellite services for up to 9,000 additional households, farms and small businesses across Australia. The National Broadband Network Interim Satellite Service (ISS), created at an initial cost of $351 million, has…
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MOTORISTS will benefit from reduced travel times and improved road safety on the Pacific Highway with the Devils Pulpit upgrade opened to traffic today. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the Australian Government was getting on with the job of building national infrastructure projects for Australia’s future. “The…
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Today the Government introduced legislation and tabled documents to repeal over 10,000 unnecessary and counter-productive pieces of legislation and regulations. More than 50,000 pages of unnecessary and costly legislation and regulations that are a dead weight on Australian businesses, community groups and households will be removed, Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan said. “This will…
DetailsDrought Support Factsheet Kevin Hogan spoke in parliament in support of the Federal Government’s new Farm Household Support bill Mr HOGAN (Page) (17:10): I will eventually bring the discussion back to the Farm Household Support Bill 2014, which I have not heard a lot about in the last 15 minutes. I do want…
DetailsKevin speaks in Parliament about the Federal Government investing in education Mr HOGAN (Page) (16:00): In addressing this MPI (Matter of Public Importance) we cannot look at the last six months in isolation. Certainly we can talk about—and I will talk about—what we have done in the last six months and what we are going…
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The Coalition Government will introduce legislation this week that will deliver fair indexation to Defence Forces Retirement Benefits scheme (DFRB) and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits scheme (DFRDB) military superannuants, aged 55 and over, from July 1. Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan said the legislation would honour the Government’s pre-election commitment to fair indexation.…
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