Helping Young Job Seekers – Media Release – 11th March 2014
Helping young Job Seekers Find and Keep a Job
Payment Increase for 3.6 Million Pensioners
Payment Increase for 3.6 Million Pensioners More than 3.6 million pensioners will receive an increase to their payments from 20 March. The increases will help pensioners keep up with rises in cost of living expenses and are driven by the CPI increase of 1.9 per cent for the six months to December 2013. The…
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New Website to Boost Volunteers in Forde – Media Release 17th January 2014
New Website to Boost Volunteers in Forde Federal Member for Forde, Bert van Manen MP has partnered with DoSomething! charity to launch a website making it easier for people to volunteer locally. By typing in their postcode at http://www.dosomethingnearyou.com.au/bert-van-manen people will be able to find community groups and events that they can lend…
School Leavers Apply Now for Youth Allowance
ELIGIBLE SCHOOL LEAVERS URGED TO APPLY NOW FOR YOUTH ALLOWANCE High School leavers might be enjoying a well-earned summer break, but those thinking about going on to tertiary study or starting an apprenticeship start applying for Youth Allowance now. Eligible students of Forde aged 16 to 24 can lodge their claim 13…
GREAT NEWS!!! – ATO Withdraws Draft GST ruling – Media Release 19th December 2013
19th December 2013 EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM ATO TO MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS Federal Member for Forde, Bert van Manen MP, welcomes the decision by the Australian Taxation Office to withdraw its draft ruling seeking to apply GST to sites fees. Mr van Manen is pleased the Tax Office has given these residents an…
Review of the National Broadband Network
REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK The Strategic Review of the National Broadband Network reveals very fast broadband can be delivered to all Australians four years sooner and for $32 billion less than under Labor by using a mix of technologies. The Review was carried out by NBN Co, the publicly-owned company…
Residents Band Together to Send Message to the ATO – 29th November 2013
Residents Band Together to Send Message to ATO Federal Member for Forde, Bert van Manen MP and State Member for Waterford, Mike Latter MP joined hundreds of local residents at Palm Lake Resort in Waterford today to send a message to the ATO. Residents are outraged that the ATO is considering a draft ruling…
How You Can Support Our Troops This Christmas
Make a Donation Make a donation to the RSL, Legacy or Soldier On rather than sending a parcel. The RSL, Legacy and Soldier On play in integral role in supporting our troops, particularly those who have been wounded on operations and those family members who are suffering financially and emotionally from the death of…
Centenary of Anzac Grants Program funding increased to $125,000 – Media Release 29th October 2013
Centenary Local Grants Program funding increased to $125,000 Federal Member for Forde, Bert van Manen MP has today announced local funding for the Federal Government’s Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program (ACLGP) has increased to $125,000. Mr van Manen believes the Centenary of Anzac will be the most significant national period of commemoration in…