Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has locked in $220,000 in Coalition Government funding to replace Kyogle’s Minneys Bridge. The old single-lane wooden truss bridge will now be replaced with a two-lane concrete structure. “This is a great outcome for the community. I was determined to make sure the Kyogle community got this vital bridge…
Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced the Ballina Byron Family Centre will receive $183,000 in funding from the Coalition Government, ensuring their essential front line community service can continue to assist local residents. “This is great news for our community. This funding, for two additional years to 30 June 2017, will be delivered…
Our 10,000 or so local small businesses, jobseekers, pensioners, motorists and our community in general are all winners from this budget. After 20 years of promises, this Government will complete the $5.6 billion duplication of the Pacific Highway between Ballina and Woolgoolga by 2020. The entire project is the largest infrastructure project in the Southern…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced a Federal Government grant of $6000 to help build a Men’s Shed at the Kyogle Showground. “Men are not encouraged to talk about their physical and mental health but a Men’s Shed gives them a space where they are comfortable to talk to other men about whatever…
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…
Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan welcomed the announcement the Specialist Training Programme and the Emergency Medicine Programme would have their funding extended for 2016. He said the Government would contribute more than $150 million to the two programmes that have proven records in the successful training of the next generation of medical professionals. “Many…
When the call went out for volunteers to fight in World War I, men from the upper reaches of the Clarence Valley answered the nation’s call, riding their horses across rivers and through bush to sign up at the Copmanhurst Hotel before riding on to Grafton and heading off to battle. The ride has become…
Students at Summerland Christian College who have a disability will soon have improved access to learning areas after being named a recipient of $60,000 Federal Government grant. The grant, awarded as part of the Capital Grants Programme (CGP), will go towards the construction of an accessible unisex toilet and change room facility and withdrawal…
Click here to see the NBN news report Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan has congratulated Southern Cross University for receiving $1.7 million from the Australian Government to fund six new research projects to boost the research and innovation sector. Funding for these projects has been awarded under the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) 2015 Major…
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.…