Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan, today joined with Clunes Public School Principal Michelle Slee, to announce $15,000 to assist in building a new inclusive, imaginative playspace. Mr Hogan said “I am thrilled to secure the final funding so we can start work and the Clunes school community will get the play space they…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has announced that Northern Rivers Children’s Services (NCRS) – Gingerbread House had been awarded $13,500 under the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Programme. “The funding will provide a much needed update to Gingerbread house with shade sails and soft fall for the outdoor play area and rejuvenate inside with…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the calling of the election on May 18. “It is a great honour to be our community’s representative in Canberra. I have and always will have, our community’s interests front and centre.” “In this role it is about integrity, I say what I believe and I do…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today officially opened Grafton Hockey Club’s newly upgraded Clubhouse which will help boost grassroots sport in the community. This $560,000 project was an election commitment by the Federal Government. It is fantastic to open the upgraded Clubhouse today,” he said. “Twenty jobs were created during this upgrade, and the…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced a grant of more than $7000 to the Lawrence Golf Club to install Solar panels. “This is great news for this volunteer-run club. It will allow them to reduce their power bills and spend their money on other equipment for the club and its members and players,”…
Brigadier Chris Field AM, who grew up in Lismore, is coordinating the defence force effort in helping the areas in Queensland effected by Cyclone Denise. He went to Kadina High School, with Karen, where he was school captain. I acknowledged him in Parliament yesterday. XXXX Paige Humphreys celebrated her birthday a couple of…
Seven sites across the Northern Rivers will participate in the release of a new variant of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus – RHDV1 K5. It’s been 20 years since the last rabbit biocontrol was released in Australia. A RabbitScan mobile app is now available to enable people to contribute to the national data set …
Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan has called for a one-month extension to the deferred sale of the Casino Drill Hall to allow time for the community to conclude negotiations with the Department of Defence to buy the hall. Mr Hogan secured a deferment of the sale of the historic Drill Hall last December, just…
Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced that the Northern NSW Local Health District will receive more than $640,000 from the Federal Government to provide direct delivery of dementia care services across the Northern Rivers. “This is terrific news and I would like to give credit to our local health district and health professionals…
In an editorial this week, the editor of the Northern Star said I needed to “chalk up some wins”. I would like to share a list of just some of the wins I have had for our community in my first 15 months. The paper’s editorial also mentioned the difficulties of first-time backbenchers getting their…