RURAL AND REGIONAL UNI EDUCATION GETS A BIG BOOST FROM LABOR
Labor will take strong action to ensure city kids and country kids have the same opportunity to get a uni education.
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LABOR’S ‘FAIR GO WEEK’ FOR LOCAL UNI STUDENTS
An extra 3300 locals will be able to get a university education under a Shorten-Labor Government.
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LABOR DELIVERS FUNDING TO UPGRADE IAN MCLENNAN PARK
Member for Whitlam Stephen Jones has delivered funding to help Ian McLennan Park will get a much needed upgrade to its amenities.
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LIBERALS SHAFT STEEL RECOMMENDATIONS
The Liberals have given up on the steel industry, today announcing that they do not support developing an Australian steel policy, responding to the Senate Economics References Committee Report: Australia’s steel industry: forging ahead, by not accepting any of the committee’s 28 recommendations.
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LABOR WILL INVEST IN A NEW LEISURE CENTRE FOR BATEMANS BAY
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $25 million to help build the Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts & Leisure Centre, ensuring the local community has a modern facility that will effectively meet the challenges of a growing region.
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AGED CARE COMMITMENT WON’T FIX ISSUES CAUSED BY COALITION
Too little, too late.
More than 30,000 locals in the electorate of Whitlam are aged over 65 (almost 20 percent of the total population) and around 3,500 are aged over 85. In Cunningham, almost 27,000 people are over the age of 65 (over 17 per cent) and around 4,208 are aged over 85.
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NEW IPADS FOR OAK FLATS PS
Member for Whitlam Stephen Jones has secured funding to purchase new iPads for Oak Flats Public School.
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TAFE AND APPRENTICES CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER TERM OF LIBERAL CUTS
The commencement of a new TAFE year is a reminder of the stark difference between Federal and NSW Labor and the Liberals when it comes to TAFE funding, skills education and apprenticeship training.
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TWO YEARS WITHOUT SHORTWAVE FOR THE NT
Today marks two years since the Liberal Government’s budget cuts to the ABC led to the shutdown of shortwave radio in the Northern Territory.
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LABOR’S PLAN TO REJUVENATE GREAT KEPPEL ISLAND
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $25 million to rejuvenate Great Keppel Island, helping to grow tourism, create jobs and deliver an $80-million-a-year boost to the region’s economy.
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