Businesses across Bonner are encouraged to apply for the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative grant to help strengthen Australia’s supply chain capabilities and access to critical products in times of crisis. Applications have now opened for manufacturers– a key part of the Government’s $1.5 billion Modern Manufacturing Strategy. Matched grants of between $50,000 and $2 million…
The Morrison Government is awarding complex electronics manufacturer, Crystalaid $461,118 in funding to improve their technical capabilities so Australia’s growing space sector can play a key role in NASA’s Moon to Mars project. The second round of Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement grants follows the allocation of more than $1 million in the…
Federal Member for Bonner, Ross Vasta MP has today launched a Bayside Mental Health Survey representing the first stage of the plan to secure increased mental health funding and local services in the area. Mr Vasta said, “I have recognised the need for increased mental health services across the Bayside and am eager to understand…
Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta MP was recently updated on the construction progress of a new senior playground at Wishart State School thanks to $350,000 in funding by the Morrison Government. Visiting Wishart State School, Mr Vasta said he was pleased the construction of the school’s very first senior playground was about to get…
The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) has announced The Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours list. Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta MP congratulated the five locals from the Bonner electorate who received honours for their outstanding contribution to the community. “I am always out and about in the community, meeting…
As part of Men’s Health Week, the Australian Government is encouraging Men’s Sheds across Bonner to apply for funding as part of the newest round of the National Men’s Shed Development Programme (NDSP). Opening this week, Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta MP encouraged all Sheds in Bonner to apply for Round 22 of the…
The Morrison Government is building on its support for small businesses by $8 million to extend the Go Local First campaign for another 12 months. The national campaign, which is coordinated by the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA), urges Australians to buy locally in their communities as part of our COVID-19 recovery. Federal…
This Men’s Health Week, we’re encouraging men to better connect with their health and wellbeing, by raising awareness of the preventable health problems facing Australian men and asking them ‘who’s on your team?’ As part of this year’s theme ‘Connecting for Men’s Health’, Healthy Male, a national men’s health information organisation, is reminding men that…
Mt Gravatt State School has been awarded $8,058 as part of the Morrison Government’s Stronger Communities program, constructing a brand-new greenhouse for students. What was once the school’s unused cricket nets, Mt Gravatt State School saw a greater need for the nets to be converted into a Shade House. Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta…
This week, the Junior Bonner Youth Advisory Council (BYAC) met for the first time with Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta MP and GIVIT CEO Sarah Tennant to have their say on issues important to them. Launched in 2020, the BYAC has now extended to junior students, inviting Bonner schools to select students between years…