Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen brought Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan along to Diggers Day at the Beenleigh RSL to hear from local veterans today. “We are lucky to have a strong and vibrant veteran community in Forde,” Mr van Manen said. “Today’s visit was an opportunity for our local veterans to…
Free access to a new low-intensity mental health service will be available to families in the local region thanks to a $650,000 investment by the Federal Government. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen today announced that Artius Health and Acacia Ridge Community Support Incorporated had been successful in tendering to deliver the service, which…
Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen is ramping up the fight to see the M1 Highway upgraded through Forde, throwing his support behind a new campaign to see it fixed. Fix the M1 calls on locals to add their voices to the thousands of commuters already demanding a fix for the highway by adding…
The Turnbull Government has launched a new ‘Get the Facts about Immunisation’ campaign to encourage Australian parents and carers to get their kids vaccinated. “We know parents want evidence based information to support decision making about childhood vaccinations, so we’re making it easier to ‘get the facts’ about immunisation,” Federal Member for Forde Bert van…
Billions of dollars of Australia’s exports, and the thousands of jobs they support, are at risk after the Queensland Labor Government declared it will intentionally breach Australia’s trade agreements. Many of Australia’s trade agreements, and agreements currently being negotiated, are now at risk. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen said such reckless behaviour by…
The Turnbull Government is creating more pathways for young people to move off welfare and into a job with the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) increasing their target for the Youth Jobs PaTH program, aiming to deliver up to 10,000 internships. This commitment from a key industry body will help deliver highly valuable experience to…