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MORE FEDERAL HOSPITAL FUNDING DELIVERED TO THE METRO NORTH HOSPITAL NETWORK
The Liberal National Government is continuing to deliver record hospital funding to the Metro North local hospital network, in each and every year, which is providing more doctors, more nurses and importantly more services for patients. We categorically reject claims made in the media from the Queensland Labor Health Minister, Steven Miles about current funding…
$276,000 FUNDING BOOST TO LOCAL BUSINESS
An innovative company in Dickson is set to benefit from a $276,956 share in $3.5 million of Australian Government’s Accelerating Commercialisation (AC) grants. Technobake from Whiteside has been offered an AC grant to develop a commercial pocket-bread baking machine for the high-volume food-retailing sector. This innovative pocket-bread baking machine will provide supermarkets with a high-volume,…
MARANATHA MEN’S SHED RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT
The Maranatha Men’s Shed has been awarded a grant of $630 from the Coalition Government for Tools and Equipment under round 17 of the Government’s National Shed Development Program. Member for Dickson Peter Dutton today congratulated the Men’s Shed for its successful application for the grant. “Like similar sheds across Australia, the Maranatha shed offers…
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR ROUND THREE OF THE SAFER COMMUNITIES FUND
A further $30 million is available to enable communities to upgrade security at local centres under round three of the Safer Communities Fund. Community groups have until 25 September 2018 to apply for the funding. This latest funding round brings the total amount available under the Safer Communities Fund to $70 million between 2016-17 and 2019-20.…
Statement
My priority is to ensure Bill Shorten never becomes Prime Minister of this country. I will work hard every day until the next election to ensure the Coalition wins and that we save the country from a Shorten Labor government. Thank you to my colleagues for their considerable support in the Party Room this morning.…
TRANSCRIPT – INTERVIEW WITH RAY HADLEY, 2GB-4BC – 16 AUGUST 2018
RAY HADLEY: Minister good morning. PETER DUTTON: Good morning Ray. RAY HADLEY: Is it suboptimal? PETER DUTTON: Well there’s a policy that the Government’s got. The Prime Minister, like all of us, wants to see power prices reduced for businesses, for households, for pensioners and the Government’s come up with a policy and we believe…
Counter-terrorism powers and offences extended
The Turnbull Government has today secured passage of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2018 to extend critical counter-terrorism powers and offences for a further three years. Attorney-General Christian Porter and the Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton, welcomed the successful passage of the Bill, which ensures law enforcement and national security agencies have…
PROCEEDS OF CRIME TO FUND ‘DOB IN A DEALER’ CAMPAIGN
The Turnbull Government will commit further funding to Crime Stoppers Australia to continue the Dob in a Dealer campaign nationwide in 2018-19. One million dollars will be provided from assets confiscated by the Commonwealth as proceeds of crime, meaning the program will be fully funded by money that was once destined to line the pockets…
PROBUS CLUB CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY
The Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton has congratulated the Probus Club of Albany Creek on their twenty year anniversary. The local organisation started from humble beginnings growing from a monthly meeting in 1998 to branching out to holidays, special interests and membership constantly growing. Since its inception the Albany Creek Probus Club has gone…
DUTTON BACKS SMALL BUSINESS – EXTENDING THE $20K INSTANT WRITE-OFF
The Turnbull Government is continuing to back small business and is extending the $20,000 instant asset write-off by a further 12 months to 30 June 2019. Mr Dutton visited Brendale based business Elexon Electronics who manufactures Cave Tracker, exported to mining sites across the world, seeing firsthand how the $20,000 instant asset write-off was benefiting…
SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR THE NORTHSIDE
Northside residents will benefit from increased safety and security when exploring the Redcliffe Peninsula shared pathway thanks to the Turnbull Government’s Safer Communities Fund. The Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton and the Federal Member for Petrie Luke Howarth announced today at Mango Hill $1 million for the Moreton Bay Regional Council to install CCTV…
MEET PETER
Peter was first elected to the Australian Parliament as the Member for Dickson in November 2001 at the age of 30 and became one of the youngest Ministers since Federation when appointed to the Ministry by Prime Minister John Howard in 2004.
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