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Labor and the ACTU Playing Politics Not Policy on Youth Unemployment
28 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce has strongly criticised the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) for playing politics rather than making sensible contributions to address youth unemployment. The ACTU draft “policy” document released following their recent c...
Read MoreGame changing day for small businesses in the New England Electorate
28 May 2015
28 May 2015 FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said the Government’s 2015 Budget is a historic, unprecedented and a ‘game changer’ for the hard working women and men of the New England Electorate. “Our Growing Jobs and Small Business package is the biggest economic ...
Read MoreBarnaby Joyce welcomes Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme reform
28 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce has welcomed the Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Access and Sustainability Package of reforms following months of constructive consultations and robust negotiations across the entire pharmaceutical supply chain, inc...
Read MoreYouth Allowance changes to New England Electorate families better support
26 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said the Abbott Coalition Government will introduce more generous means testing arrangements for youth payments from 1 January 2016 to give New England Electorate families better opportunities to support their children from school to furt...
Read MoreEight New England Electorate towns to receive boost to attract GPs
25 May 2015
25 May 2015 FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said eight towns in the New England Electorate will be among the 450 rural and regional towns that will receive greater incentives to attract GPs from July 1. Under changes announced by Assistant Minister for Health Fio...
Read MoreFunding for sporting schools in the New England Electorate now open
25 May 2015
25 May 2015 FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said sporting opportunities for children were set to expand now that local New England Electorate primary schools could apply for funding through the Abbott Government’s $100 million Sporting Schools programme. Mr Joyce...
Read MoreRoads to Recovery funding flows in the New England Electorate
21 May 2015
21 May 2015 FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said roads and streets will get a much-needed boost when the Australian Government’s latest instalment of Roads to Recovery payment hits council coffers. Mr Joyce said the Australian Government is paying over $135 milli...
Read MoreGrants to tell the stories and conserve places that define the New England Electorate
21 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said the Grafton Ngerrie Local Aboriginal Land Council [GNLALC] will benefit from a grant of $10,890 with the announcement of successful projects under the Australian Government’s Community Heritage and Icons Grants Programme. ...
Read MoreUniversity of New England to benefit from NCRIS funding, says Joyce
19 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said research efforts at the University of New England are set to receive a boost following the release of programme guidelines for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). In particular, the UNE will s...
Read MoreNew England Electorate students set for agriculture learning boost
19 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said school students of all ages in the New England Electorate will now be able to learn more about Australia’s important agricultural sector with help from a new range of online resources. Mr Joyce said the Minister for Ed...
Read MoreBoost for local governments in the New England Electorate
19 May 2015
15 May 2015 FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said local governments in the New England Electorate will benefit from delivery of more than $10 million, the latest tranche of funding under the Australian Government’s four-year $9.3 billion Financial Assistance Grants progra...
Read More$500,000 boost to New England through National Stronger Regions Fund
13 May 2015
FEDERAL Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said the Commonwealth Government has announced $500,000 in funding that had the potential to turn-around the lives of up to 700 young, disadvantaged and homeless people in Armidale and the New England with the release of the Federal ...
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