Medicinal cannabis legislation passes Parliament

Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the historic legislation that was passed Parliament yesterday which delivers the missing piece to legally-grown medicinal cannabis treatment in Australia. “I have heard numerous stories from members of our community with debilitating illnesses who want access to medicinal cannabis to help relief their chronic pain and improve…

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New law to end excessive card surcharging pass Parliament

Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan said tough new laws that will protect Northern Rivers’ consumers from excessive card surcharging. The Government’s Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2015 passed the Senate this week with the ban on excessive card surcharging to take effect this year. “Card and other electronic payments facilitate billions of…

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Grants assists Grafton Men’s Sheds

Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan said the Grafton Men’s Shed will receive $4000 from the Turnbull Government to continue to promote and support men’s health and wellbeing in the Clarence Valley. Announcing the grant today, Mr Hogan said the Men’s Shed Programme is providing benefits for the community at large. “The community is benefiting…

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Council grant allocated in the Northern Rivers

Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan said the Government has announced this quarter’s payment to councils in the Northern Rivers under the Financial Assistance Grant programme which will total $3,560,988. This is the third instalment of untied funding to allocate according to local priorities that Northern Rivers councils will collect this year. Mr Hogan said…

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