Government grants are now available to help fund events organised by local ex-service organisations and community groups in Forde as part of Veterans Health Week (VHW) 2017. Veterans Health Week will run from Saturday October 21 to Sunday October 29. This year’s theme is ‘physical activity’. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen said ex-service…
More than 5,000 young Australians now have jobs under the ‘Hire’ element of the Australian Government’s Youth Jobs PaTH (Prepare-Trial-Hire) program. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen said Youth Jobs PaTH was a win for the local economy, with many local businesses already having taken advantage of the financial incentives available to hire more…
Some residents of Forde are among 3.8 million people nationally set to benefit from a one-off payment of up to $75 to help with energy costs. The Energy Assistance Payment will be provided to people on the Age Pension, Disability Support Pension and Parenting Payment Single as well as to Veterans and their partners who…