December 6, 2016
Durack’s
small businesses will have increased protections under Australian consumer law,
thanks to new laws which have taken effect, Member for Durack Melissa Price has
announced.
Changes
to Australian unfair contract terms...
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December 5, 2016
Member for Durack Melissa Price said 700 premises in Wongan
Hills will soon have access to faster and more reliable internet access, with
construction of the National Broadband Network now underway.
“Superfast
broadband is o...
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December 1, 2016
A
new state-of-the-art cancer centre in Geraldton will enable patients in the Mid
West to receive vital chemotherapy services closer to home.
Member
for Durack Melissa Price today welcomed the opening of the Midwest Cancer
Centre, ...
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November 30, 2016
The Turnbull Government’s new Building Better Regions Fund will invest in projects that will create jobs, drive economic growth and build stronger rural, regional and remote communities into the future.
This new $297 million fund launched by M...
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November 29, 2016
Teaching, training and retaining the next generation of health workers in rural, regional and remote Australia is a priority for the Turnbull Government.
Member for Durack Melissa Price said the Federal Government has moved to streamline the former ...
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November 28, 2016
From classifying galaxies to counting koalas across the country, recording rainfall or sleeping habits, citizen science projects give Australians the chance to contribute to scientific research.
The Turnbull Government will provide $4 million in Ci...
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November 27, 2016
Pre-schoolers in Pannawonica will have the opportunity to learn a foreign language as the Turnbull Government announced that applications for the popular Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program were now open.
Member for Durac...
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November 25, 2016
Community organisations in Durack are encouraged to apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to assist the work of their volunteers.
Member for Durack Melissa Price said the funding is being provided under a $10 million Volunteer Grant funding ro...
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November 24, 2016
Member for Durack Melissa Price said the Turnbull Government is investing record funding in health as part of its commitment to strengthen the regional, rural and remote health system so that Australians living in these areas have access to the best ...
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November 23, 2016
Wyalkatchem Men’s Shed will receive $4,950 from the Turnbull Government to promote and support men’s health and wellbeing in the Wheatbelt.
This grant is part of $400,000 in national funding which will be distributed to 93 community Men’s Sheds across Australia.
Announcing the grant today, Member for Durack Melissa Price sai...
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November 22, 2016
Three Durack schools will have their facilities boosted after the Member for Durack Melissa Price today announced over $2.7 million in funding through the Capital Grants Program.
Ms Price congratulated St Joseph’s in Wyndham, St Mary’s...
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November 19, 2016
Federal Member for Durack Melissa Price has welcomed the Turnbull Government’s launch of the National Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy 2015-2019 implementation plan, developed thanks to the Turnbull Government’s commitment of $9.4 million in funding announced at the 2016/17 Budget, to continue work already being done around AMR r...
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November 17, 2016
Australia welcomed more than eight million international tourists over the last 12 months according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Member for Durack Melissa Price said this is the first time Australia has broken the ei...
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November 16, 2016
Member for Durack Melissa Price has announced nbn construction in Broome, Derby and Kununurra will now commence in early 2017 to maximise the continuity of construction across the Kimberley.
Construction will commence in Derby, Broome and ...
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November 15, 2016
Member for Durack Melissa Price has encouraged the community to honour Remembrance Day and remember every Australian who has made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of our nation.
“Remembrance Day on November 11 marks 98 years since the Armistice that ended the First World War,” Ms Price said.
“I encourage eve...
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