Daily Archives: 14 August 2018

$30 million Safer Communities Fund applications now open

Local Media, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt 14 August 2018

Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, has called on local councils and community organisations in Flinders to apply for a share of up to $1 million in funding through the Australian Government’s Safer Communities Fund. The Safer Communities Fund is an Australian Government commitment to keep Australians safe and secure by…

Investment in Queensland start-up to deliver new treatment options

Health, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt 14 August 2018

The Turnbull Government will support a world-leading laboratory in Northern Australia to develop a new treatment for people who have inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic life-long autoimmune disease that affects about 85,000 Australians. ParaGen Bio (PGB) Laboratories, based at James Cook University in Cairns, is a new immunology business…