WONDERFUL to see all the award nominees and recipients from our Australia Day Awards. Congratulations to John Turnbull from Modanville who was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his services to secondary education, Alan Hoskins who also received an OAM for his services to the Uniting Church and Ian Grimwood who was recognised with the…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said Grafton High School student Isaac Huxley is one of 60 of Australia’s brightest technology-buffs who converged on Macquarie University in Sydney this week to take part in an advanced digital technology summer-school backed by the Federal Government. “I would like to congratulate Isaac on being selected to…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today said a Federal Government grant to support veterans and their families would benefit the entire Grafton community. Mr Hogan said the Grafton RSL Sub-Branch would receive $3000 towards programs to reduce social isolation, such as bus trips, under the Federal Government’s Veteran and Community Grants program. “We honour…
Federal member for Page Kevin Hogan today officially opened the $1 million Hospitality Trade Skills Centre at Grafton High School – one of six centres under construction across the Northern Rivers. “It is wonderful to have delivered on this promise. This Hospitality Trade Skills Centre will provide an alternative pathway to employment for students and…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced a re-elected Turnbull/Joyce Government will provide $200,000 for CCTV cameras in Grafton. The funding has been committed under the Coalition’s Safer Communities Fund. “CCTV makes our town safer, can save lives, and most certainly will prevent crime,” Mr Hogan said. “I am proud to deliver this important…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced a significant milestone in the full duplication of the Pacific Highway – the preferred tenderer to design and build the longest bridge between Woolgoolga and Ballina. “The communities on the North Coast have long dreamed about the duplication of the Pacific Highway, and now it is quickly…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has announced ongoing funding for new aged care places in the Clarence. The Whiddon Group Grafton will receive an extra 12 Residential Aged Care places. This is on top of the 36 Kevin announced last year. The new combined 48 places will lead to more than 60 new local…
PACIFIC Complete, the delivery partner that will oversee the 155 kilometre Woolgoolga to Ballina section of the Pacific Highway upgrade, officially opened its project office in Grafton today. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the Grafton office opening comes just a month after contracts for the delivery partner…
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. Federal member for Page…