Member for Bonner Ross Vasta has called on local service providers to apply for funding to help them support financially vulnerable Australians access critical services in Bonner. Mr Vasta said the Turnbull Government was providing $328 million in grant funding for community organisations to administer financial crisis assistance and education programs. “Programs funded through this…
Construction of the Brisbane Metro is a step closer with more than 200 business leaders from local and international companies expected to attend a special industry briefing today (Wed 25th) to hear about the construction and employment opportunities expected from the $944 million project. Acting Mayor Adrian Schrinner, who will address the briefing along with…
Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta has welcomed a further one million dollar funding commitment by the Turnbull Government to continue the national Dob in a Dealer campaign run by Crime Stoppers Australia, benefitting communities across Bonner. The funding will be provided from assets confiscated as proceeds of crime, meaning the program will be funded…
Bonner businesses are reaping the benefits of affordable high-speed broadband thanks to the Coalition’s National Broadband Network rollout, with local business owners joining a roundtable discussion with Minister for Communications Senator Mitch Fifield and Bonner MP Ross Vasta. Local business owners had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with the Minister about how affordable high-speed broadband…
The Turnbull Government will invest $250 million to make four life-changing cancer medicines available to patients in Bonner from August 1. Member for Bonner Ross Vasta said the listing of these new medicines will save patients thousands of dollars; in some cases the saving for each patient will be over $130,000 per year. “The new listings…
Local residents are warned about a number of telephone scams that are being conducted throughout Bonner and the greater Brisbane area targeting aged care facilities, retirement villages, and seniors. Member for Bonner Ross Vasta said scammers are increasingly taking the opportunity to impersonate NBN Co and take advantage of consumers. “I’ve received reports from a…
More child care support for more families in Bonner is here with the start of the Turnbull Government’s new child care system. Member for Bonner Ross Vasta said the reforms would provide much needed child care relief for local families. “Our reforms will mean more subsidies for Bonner families working the most and for Bonner…
Australian Government funding will benefit a Tingalpa business to develop and commercialise their state-of-the-art mine haulage truck. Loadpro Australia is one of six Australian businesses sharing in $3.2 million worth of the Australian Government’s Accelerating Commercialisation grants. Loadpro has been offered $1 million to assist in completing the final design of their X60 Truck, commercialising…
Uncle Bob’s Bakery in Belmont is pumping out the meat pies in a bid to take the title in this year’s ‘Pie of Origin’ competition. Up against Glenorie Bakery in New South Wales, Uncle Bob’s is flying the flag for Queensland and aiming to raise some much needed funds for the Brisbane Children’s Hospital Foundation. …
Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta today said people with disability and children with disability and developmental delay in Bonner would receive greater support through increased Government funding. Mr Vasta said the Turnbull Government had provided more than $233 million for Local Area Coordination (LAC) services for people with disability aged seven and more through…