The Morrison Government is reactivating live music across Australia, with venues across Victoria sharing in more than $2.5 million, in round two of the Live Music Australia Program. Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the grants would support the immediate needs Read more…
JMR WITH ASSISTANT TREASURER, MINISTER FOR HOUSING MICHAEL SUKKAR The Morrison Government has introduced ground breaking legislation to establish a mandatory scheme for the sharing of motor vehicle service and repair information. For the first time the more than 35,000 automotive service and repair businesses in Australia, will have fairer competition Read more…
Australian Government support continues for agricultural shows and field days forced to cancel because of COVID-19. 110 events nationally – including two in Ballarat and two in Bendigo electorates to share in $710,818 Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days supplementary payments. The following agricultural societies will receive an Australian Government Read more…
A major upgrade of local sporting facilities at Russell Square is now complete with AFL Local level compliant female-friendly change rooms, umpires change rooms, netball change rooms, storage space, landscaping and connections, and veranda now in place. Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson and City of Ballarat Mayor Cr Daniel Moloney Read more…
JMR WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER McCORMACK AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR ROAD SAFETY BUCHHOLZ New road safety upgrades and improvements will be delivered across the Geelong, Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh and Apollo Bay regions, as well as western Melbourne, thanks to funding from the Australian and Victorian governments. Senator for Victoria Sarah Read more…
JMR WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER McCORMACK The Morrison Government has approved funding for 8 projects across the Ballarat electorate as part of its $1.5 billion Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (LRCI Program) which is supporting local jobs, businesses and boosting the economy during COVID-19. Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson Read more…
JMR WITH FAMILIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTER RUSTON The Morrison Government is investing in innovative strategies to address the barriers preventing people with mental illness from finding and keeping a job. Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston said the Government has committed an additional $45.7 million to extend Read more…
JMR WITH INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER McCORMACK Local manufacturers in regional Victoria with shovel-ready projects to increase their productivity and grow jobs are being reminded to apply for a Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF) grant. Businesses will be able to apply for between $100,000 and $1 million to invest in Read more…