Low and middle-income earners in Ballina will benefit from a $5 million grant that will create more affordable housing at Ballina Heights. The grant has allowed Ballina Shire Council to fund $9 million infrastructure work for the new housing estate with this saving to council then passed on to home buyers through a $25,000 rebate.…
Ballina’s Koalas will benefit from the planting of 8000 new native trees, thanks to a Federal Government grant of $80,000 announced today by the Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan. “The 8000 native trees, which will connect existing Koala habitat areas will provide food and shelter to Ballina’s Koala population which has been identified at…
TENDERS have been invited for the next stage of enabling works on the Woolgoolga to Ballina upgrade along the Pacific Highway. Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker said this is another milestone in delivering one of Australia’s largest regional road infrastructure projects. “With 60 per cent of the Pacific Highway upgrade completed and all projects between…
Northern Rivers Buslines and Ballina Buslines have fitted five more school buses with seatbelts thanks to Federal Government grants of almost $125,000 under its Seatbelts for Regional School Buses Programme. Manager of Northern Rivers Buslines Dene Petty said the buses will operate on high-risk regional school bus routes in the Northern Rivers and Ballina regions.…
Mr HOGAN (Page) (13:55): I stand to congratulate Nadia Eliot-Burgess, who hosted the Ballina Chamber of Commerce 2014 Ballina Coast & Hinterland Business Awards on Saturday night. Well over 200 people were in attendance. It was a great night celebrating small business in the Ballina community. I would like to congratulate Troy Daley from Daley’s…