Working hard for Bonner

As your local Federal Member, it’s my job to ensure that the Federal Government delivers results for Bonner. 

Having grown up locally, I understand the issues facing us in our local area and know how important it is to have good representation in Federal Parliament in Canberra. 

My team and I can assist you in a range of different areas, particularly those of Federal Government responsibility like social security, Job Services Australia, veteran’s affairs, taxation, Medicare, immigration and small business. You are also welcome to contact me to organise special congratulatory messages from the Governor-General and Prime Minister for major wedding anniversary and birthday milestones.  more...

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Walk Safely To School Day - Friday 18 May

Celebrating its thirteenth year in 2012, National Walk Safely to School Day has become a popular annual event on school and family diaries across Australia to walk to school. National Walk Safely to School Day offers wide-ranging benefits to Australian children. The day promotes regular walking, reduced car-dependency, cleaner air, improved diets, public transport and reinforces vital road-crossing skills children need. For the first time in 2012, parents, carers and pupils can go online to find and plan their best walking route to ... more

Celebrate National Volunteer Week 14-20 May

National Volunteer Week (NVW) is the largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia, and provides an opportunity to highlight the role of volunteers in our communities and to say thank you to the more than 6 million Australians who volunteer. Australian volunteers are essential to society, and many charities would struggle to survive without the support of their volunteers. Australian volunteers contribute more than 700 million hours of community service to so many areas of society, including community health ca... more

National Families Week from the 15-21 May

National Families Week 2012 will be held from Tuesday 15 May to Monday 21 May 2012 (coinciding with UN International Day of Families on Tuesday 15 May). The aim of National Families Week 2012 is to celebrate the vital role that families play.  This year’s theme is Families make all the difference: helping kids to grow and learn. In National Families Week 2012, everyone is encouraged to think about the valuable role families play in helping children to develop, learn and grow, and reflect on the influence families have on a... more

THE COALITION’S PLAN TO REVIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY

The Federal Member for Bonner, Ross Vasta was joined today at Cititpointe Christian College by the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Tony Abbott MHR to welcome the announcement by the Coalition to revive Foreign Languages in Schools throughout Australia.

“With such a multicultural community it is heartening to see the Coalition commit to reviving teaching of foreign languages in Australian schools”, said Ross Vasta.

“Knowing the languages of our key regional partners is vital to unlocking the potential of the Asian century for Australia.”

“A Coalition Government will work urgently with the states to ensure that at least 40 per cent of Year 12 students are once more taking a language other than English within a decade,” said Ross Vasta.

The teaching of foreign languages in Australian schools has long been in decline. 

The Coalition believes that starting in pre-school every student should have an exposure to foreign languages.

Because foreign language speakers will have to be mobilised and because teachers take time to be trained, this will be a generational shift. 

“We will urgently work with the states to ensure that the Australian workforce of the future can grasp the full opportunity of the Asian century” Ross Vasta said today.



Ross Vasta pictured with the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon.Tony Abbott and students from Citipointe Christian College, Tuesday 15 May 2012.