Maru Koala and Animal Park in Grantville is set to benefit from a Federal tourism grant of $74,591 to create a dinosaur-themed children’s playroom. The playroom will overlook the kangaroo paddock and will contain interactive displays where visitors can learn about the dinosaur dreaming fossil dig site that extends along the Bunurong Coast. Maru Koala…
The forthcoming Centenary of ANZAC will be commemorated in the Flinders electorate with a diverse and creative range of community projects. On Remembrance Day today, I am delighted to announce that the Flinders ANZAC Centenary Community Grants Committee has approved a total of 22 local projects from across the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port and Phillip…
A Coalition Government will provide $25,000 towards the cost of creating a whale watching platform at Kilcunda as part of a new National Whale Trail. The funding will form part of a $500,000 package to create a National Whale Trail to encourage land-based whale watching and create a national network of whale watching sites along…
A Coalition government will provide further help to young people facing mental illness by establishing a National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health. Youth mental health is a growing issue both here in the Flinders electorate and across Australia. Close to 300 people, including students, teachers and parents attended my Youth Mental Health Forum…
Phillip Island and the Bass Coast will be the focus of one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Phillip Island & Bass Coast Green Army Project. The project will have four main areas of…
Western Port will be the focus of one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Western Port Green Army Project. The project will have four main areas of focus: • Watsons Creek rehabilitation in Baxter…
The Mornington Peninsula will become home to one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Mornington Peninsula Green Army Project. The project will have four main strands: • Mt Martha-Balcombe Creek Nature Trail habitat enhancement…
The Coalition will target mobile phone black spots such as the Mornington Peninsula with a new $100 million policy. The plan will fix mobile black spots across rural and regional Australia, including $20 million earmarked to address unique mobile coverage problems – such as locations with high seasonal demand. This is a much-needed initiative for…
A Coalition government will work with local lifesaving clubs, the Royal Life Saving Society and AUSTSWIM to reduce the number of drownings across Australia. This announcement is particularly important to the Flinders electorate, which is surrounded by water. Every family living in the electorate is no more than a few kilometres from the coast. The…
A Coalition government will provide all local schools with funding certainty and honour all commitments for the next four years. There are more than 50 schools in the Flinders electorate, ranging from Sorrento Primary on the southern Mornington Peninsula to Cowes Primary on Phillip Island. All of the electorate’s schools will have the certainty of…