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…
Member for Page Kevin Hogan today announced funding of more than $62,000 for 13 community organisations to support local projects commemorating the service and sacrifice of Australians during the First World War. The Anglican Parish Lismore will receive $8,000 to make and install a Memorial Glass Window it St Andrews Church to honour those first…
Bonalbo’s veteran community has received a funding boost to help commemorate its proud history of service, Member for Page Kevin Hogan said today. He said the Bonalbo RSL sub-branch had received $2695 in funding under the Australian Government’s Saluting Their Service grants programme to install a plaque at the commemorative gazebo to commemorate local servicemen…
Mr HOGAN (Page) (11:20): I want to pick up on a line that the member for Riverina just mentioned in his address to parliament, which for me goes to the essence of what the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures) Bill 2014 is about. This bill is about making sure that we…
Mr HOGAN (Page) (16:39): Madam Deputy Speaker, I am sure you would be aware, as you would be very in tune with your community, that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Red Cross. Last Friday, I had the pleasure of helping to celebrate, with my community, this milestone at the Red Cross tea…
The 30th year of business for the highly successful Macadamia Processing Company (MPC) – the world’s largest processor and supplier of quality macadamia products, is being celebrated today, along with a book to mark the occasion. The celebration and published history will be launched by the Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan at the factory…
Lismore man Joe Stratford is believed by many to have been the first Anzac to have charged on to the beach at what would later be called Anzac Cove on that fateful April 25 dawn in 1915. “Joe Stratford was the first of Australia’s troops ashore at Gallipoli. Lieutenant Jones was second and I was…