As part of Men’s Health Week, the Australian Government is encouraging Men’s Sheds across to apply for funding as part of the newest round of the National Men’s Shed Development Programme (NDSP).
Men’s Sheds are friendly and inclusive settings where men can meet to work on a project shoulder to shoulder, or just spend time together, to support each other’s mental and physical wellbeing.
Read MoreThis year's federal budget continues to deliver for the people of the Myall Coast. Through a range of new programs and initiatives, our government has been investing millions of dollars across the Myall region on infrastructure and services.
Read MoreThe Gloucester community is celebrating a $300,000 injection in new funding for the court reconstruction and new amenities block at the Netball grounds.
Gloucester netball players will soon have the confidence to move faster and attack harder, thanks to $300,000 to reseal Gloucester District Netball Association's courts.
Read MoreIt's with a heavy heart that today I pay tribute to Joyce Fitzgerald of Taree, who passed away last week aged 94 years.
Read MoreThe Australian Government is increasing its efforts to promote cancer screenings to support and improve outcomes for all Australians, including $9.7 million for a new National Bowel Cancer Screening Program awareness campaign.
The campaign will aim to increase the numbers of Australians taking their free bowel cancer test and will focus on men aged 50 to 59 years, people living in regional and remote Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities.
Read MoreIn this year's budget it was announced that, from July this year, brewers and distillers in Australia will be able to claim a refund of 60 per cent of the excise they pay, up to an annual cap of $350,000. It is a great advance. It means that Australian owned brewers and distillers will benefit and continue to grow and employ more people.
Read MoreThe Australian Government is continuing to support the health of men across the region by providing $2846 to Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Men’s Shed in the latest round of grant funding of the National Shed Development Programme.
Men’s Sheds play a vital role in preventing social isolation and mental health. They offer thousands of men of all ages a safe and friendly environment where they can work on meaningful projects while building strong social connections.
Read MoreI ask Deputy Prime Minister to inform the House of the Governments economic recovery through the additional investment in local infrastructure and how it is driving jobs and economic activity across regional Australia.
Read MoreThe people of the New South Wales seat of Upper Hunter have spoken.
They're good, practical people and they are full of common sense. On Saturday night, I was delighted to congratulate the New South Wales Nationals candidate for Upper Hunter, David Layzell, on his win.
Read MoreMy question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack government's plan for Australian families and businesses to have access to affordable, reliable energy that they rely on is working in our regions like the Hunter Valley, where David Layzell of the Nationals had a really good victory on the weekend? Is the minister aware of any alternative approaches?
Read MoreEighteen months on from the devastating bushfires, a wet Armageddon arrived into the houses, literally, of thousands of people in the Lyne electorate. The amount of flooding was of a staggering proportion. It was more than a one-in-a-hundred-year flood; it was the biggest flood on record, and records go back in some families who've been in these river valleys for five generations to the 1880s.
Read MoreDefence is partnering with Australian companies to strengthen maritime research skills by delivering a new regional Australia-built defence science research vessel.
The boat was constructed by a local Australian boat builder, Steber International, based at Taree.
Dr Gillespie joined Managing Director Alan Steber to inspect the new R/V Ginan, a 12m vessel, which is part of a $1.8 million project to support Defence’s maritime research.
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I join PK and Labors Josh Burns to discuss the rollout of the COVID Vaccine and the Government's investment in the Kurri Kurri $600 million gas power plant.
Read MoreAustralians rely on a secure and reliable supply of fuel whether it’s truckies, tradies, farmers or commuters.
That’s why we are supporting our local refiners and ensuring we have the sovereign capability needed to prepare for any event and keep Australia moving.
Read MoreThe latest round of Fixing Local Roads funding will assist Port Macquarie Hastings Council repairing, patching, maintaining, and sealing local roads.
Under the Round 2 funding council will receive $785,000 for the rehabilitation of Bago Road/Cameron Street, between Timbertops Close and Azalea Street.
Once complete It will mean smoother, safer trips to school, work or even the shops for local residents.
Read MoreRed Plateau Organic Produce, a family-owned grower in Comboyne NSW, has received a grant from the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund to help rebuild its business following the devastation of last summer’s bushfires.
Comboyne is blessed with amazing rich fertile soils and with more Australians choosing to buy organic produce you won’t find Avocados better than these.
The fires and floods have had a devastating effect on our towns and villages, this partnership which will see Comboyne avocados in Woolworths stores is great news for Sandra, the team at Red Plateau Organic Produce and the Hastings Valley.
Read MoreI'd like to take this opportunity to once again call on the New South Wales government to fast-track the design and planning of new interchanges on the Pacific Highway between Port Macquarie and Newcastle. This week I was delighted that the federal government was able to deliver $48 million in this year's federal budget towards the Harrington to Coopernook intersection grade separated interchange, commonly known as a flyover. This project will undoubtedly save lives. Fortunately some of the planning process and the preliminary earthworks have been done on this important project and, therefore, the federal government was able to allocate funding through the budget process to get this project underway.
Read MoreThe Federal Government is investing $353.9 million over the next four years as part of the 2021-22 Budget to support women’s health, including funding for cervical and breast cancer, endometriosis and reproductive health.
This significant investment builds on the Government’s commitment to implementing the five priority areas of the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020–2030 and improving long term health outcomes for women and girls.
Read MoreThe Nationals in Government are reactivating live music across Australia, with Wauchope Community Arts sharing in more than $2.5 million, in round two of the Live Music Australia Program.
Read MoreFederal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie has announced $48 million in Federal funding towards the construction of a new $60-million overpass at the Harrington - Coopernook intersection on the Pacific Highway.
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