More child care support for more families in Forde is here with the start of the Coalition Government’s new child care system. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the reforms would provide much needed child care relief for local families. “For too long families in my electorate of Forde have struggled with…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is improving the lives of thousands of Australians with disability, their families and carers as the Scheme celebrated its fifth birthday on July 1. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the NDIS started with four trial sites launched in 2013 and now supported 160,000 people with disability,…
Survivors of child sexual abuse living in Forde can apply to the National Redress Scheme which was launched on July 1. The National Redress Scheme was a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the Scheme was established to provide counselling,…
New labelling requirements were optional from July 1, 2016 and become mandatory on July 1, 2018. Research suggests the net benefit to business and government will be $66 million over 20 years. The ACCC will police Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL), with penalties up to $1.1 million for a company flouting the rules Low-priority food…