November 5, 2018
Mental health care for young Australians is set for a $51.8 million funding boost.
Member for Durack, Melissa Price, said the Government’s extra investment in the national network of headspace centres and the digital portal, eheadspace, means young people will have access to around 14,000 additional services nationally, shorter wait times an...
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November 5, 2018
The 10-year, $3.5 billion Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative, will see significant investment in key road freight and tourism corridors, as part of the Australian Government’s commitment to deliver game-changing productivity improvements across Australia’s supply chains.
Federal Member for Durack, Melissa Price, was please...
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November 5, 2018
Five Aboriginal Medical Services and the Telethon Kids Institute will together receive more than $4.6 million to target rheumatic heart disease (RHD) hot spots across the nation.
Expansion of the Government’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy would include practical environmental health hygiene activities and intensive health promotion measures to he...
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November 2, 2018
Australia’s mining industry is set to deliver a record $250 billion in exports to the Australian economy this year.
The export figures are contained in an in-depth Federal Government report released on 2 October in the September 2018 Resources and Energy Quarterly compiled by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
Federal Membe...
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November 2, 2018
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price welcomed the removal of the GST on feminine hygiene products.
Yesterday the States and Territories unanimously agreed to remove the GST on feminine hygiene products following the Federal Government’s decision to put it on the agenda.
Minister Price said common sense ha...
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November 2, 2018
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price encourages students in the Durack electorate to apply for a Government-funded scholarship to study a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) course.
Minister Price said applications were now open for the $24 million Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships pr...
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November 2, 2018
The Federal Government will invest $52 million to protect Australian teenagers, including those in the Durack electorate, against meningococcal, with the launch of a new free national program for 14- to 19-year-olds.
Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price said more than one million teenagers will receive the free meningoc...
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October 23, 2018
Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price said a competitive public application process has been opened to determine the location for 20 Medicare eligible MRI licences.
“There is no MRI machine north of Geraldton so I encourage the State Labor Government to apply for MRI licences for the North West, where there is an u...
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October 23, 2018
This week is Men’s Shed Week (23-30 September) and one Men’s Shed in the Durack electorate is set to celebrate with a grant from the Federal Government.
The Fitzroy River Men’s Shed has been awarded a grant of $4,555 from the Feder...
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October 23, 2018
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price encourages communities in the Durack electorate to apply for a share in $200 million under Round 3 of the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF).
Minister Price said the projects delivered under Round 3 will ensure regional and remote communities c...
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October 23, 2018
Older Australian’s are a vibrant part of our community. Now the Federal Government is calling on sporting and community organisations to develop sporting programs targeted at the over 65s.
The Move It Aus – Better Ageing grants program was launched last month, enabling national sporting organisations, along with non-government and loca...
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October 1, 2018
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price welcomes the legislation to extend the instant asset write-off for small businesses.
Small businesses in Durack are set to benefit from additional opportunities to invest in their business and replace or upgrade their assets, with legislation to extend the $20,000 instant ass...
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September 28, 2018
A $95 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) will help bring a major new mine and mineral processing facility online in Western Australia, creating hundreds of jobs across the region.
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price said the loan to mining company Sheffield Resources L...
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September 28, 2018
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price urges people living in the Durack electorate to have their say on the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into the aged care sector, through an online feedback tool.
This Royal Commission will primarily look at the quality of care provided in Residential and Hom...
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September 28, 2018
Federal Member for Durack and Minister for the Environment Melissa Price welcomed both Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of a Royal Commission into Aged Care, and the invitation for aged care providers to apply for funding to improve their operations.
Durack aged care services are being invited to share in $40 million now availabl...
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