Nationals Member for the South West Region Colin Holt MLC has joined with the Great Southern Development Commission to congratulate recipients of the region’s Royalties for Regions funded Community Chest Grants. Mr Holt said the Community Chest Fund provided one-off grants to community, public and not for profit organisations to improve and develop infrastructure and…
DetailsA range of projects in the Goldfields region have been successful in attracting Community Chest grants made possible by the State Government’s Royalties for Regions program. Wendy Duncan MLA, Member for Kalgoorlie said the Community Chest Fund provided one-off grants of up to $50,000 to community, public and not for profit organisations to improve and…
DetailsAfter visiting the Wheatbelt and Great Southern, Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport the Hon Darren Chester is now aware of the challenging transport needs WA is facing and the funding needed to upgrade local roads and key transport corridors in the region. Member for the Central Wheatbelt Hon Mia Davies and Member for Agricultural…
DetailsMember for Moore Shane Love MLA has demanded an immediate State Government response to Mullewa’s power supply. Mr Love said recent lengthy outages in Mullewa during some extremely hot days were not only inconvenient and uncomfortable. “The Mullewa Hospital is backed by a generator that has only the capacity to keep the computers cool,”…
DetailsCountry age pensioners will continue to benefit from the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, thanks to an additional $106 million investment by Royalties for Regions. Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Dave Grills MLC welcomed this week’s announcement that the scheme would be extended for a further three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. “The…
DetailsChild care services in the Mining and Pastoral Region will be bolstered by a $3 million investment into enhancing the sustainability and quality of child care services across regional Western Australia, thanks to Royalties for Regions. Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Dave Grills MLC said today’s announcement would fund the second stage of…
DetailsThree projects in the Wagin electorate will share in $420,001 through the State Government’s Regional Grants Scheme (RGS). The Great Southern Development Commission (GSDC) announced the grant recipients of the electorate’s RGS on Friday, made possible by Royalties for Regions (RfR). Member for Wagin Terry Waldron MLA said the RGS provided one-off grants to community,…
DetailsMember for Agricultural Region Martin Aldridge MLC has used a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Domestic Mobile Roaming Declaration Inquiry to express caution about any move to force access to existing mobile networks. The ACCC inquiry was initiated to consider the introduction of regulated inter-carrier roaming, however Mr Aldridge said the…
DetailsWater Corporation customers in Frankland, Ongerup and Jerramungup will benefit from an $8.2 million investment to upgrade water treatment plants in the three towns. Member for Wagin Terry Waldron MLA has today welcomed the upgrades. “This is great news for residents in these Wagin electorate communities,” Mr Waldron said. “Work in Ongerup and Jerramungup had…
DetailsSixteen projects in the Wagin electorate will share in nearly $500,000 through the State Government’s Community Chest Fund (CCF). The Great Southern Development Commission, Wheatbelt Development Commission and the Peel Development Commission announced the 16 latest local grants on Friday, which were all made possible by Royalties for Regions. Member for Wagin Terry Waldron MLA…
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