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 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…
This election is a clear choice between more of the same from Labor and real change from the Coalition. Locally it is about protecting the environment, tackling cost of living pressures, supporting jobs and helping families and small businesses prosper. My first responsibility is to fight for better local facilities and a better quality of…
Overnight my father Alan Hunt passed away. He was 85. In his words, he had had a wonderful life. He was the father of five sons, Bob, John, Peter, Steve and Greg. He was the grandfather to ten grandchildren, Josephine, Selwyn, Mia, Alan, Anne, Henry, Sam, Abby, Poppy and James. He was the brother of…
I am delighted that former Australian of the Year and leading youth mental health advocate Professor Patrick McGorry will join me in convening a Youth Mental Health Forum at Dromana. Depression, anxiety and other mental health problems are among the biggest issues facing our young people today and I am keen to work…
