With today marking International Women’s Day, Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP has welcomed the announced expansion of a successful employment partnership between the Turnbull Government and UnitingCare Australia. “The Turnbull Government is proud to have developed an effective partnership with UnitingCare to deliver meaningful pre-employment training to women looking to engage in…
Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the independent Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision to cut Sunday penalty rates for the retail, hospitality and fast-food industries was a result of Bill Shorten’s time as Workplace Relations Minister. “When the Opposition Leader was Workplace Relations Minister under a Gillard-Rudd-Labor Government, he specifically amended the…
Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP has praised the Coalition Government for moving quickly to facilitate faster access to medicinal cannabis by qualified doctors for patients with the necessary approvals. “I met with the Health Minister Greg Hunt only last week to express my concerns over patients who run out of supply and…
A new Federal Government incentive is now available to help local businesses hire additional staff. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the changes introduced through the Coalition Government’s jobactive PaTH Program would help local business hire young people in the community. New wage subsidies are a key component of the Government’s new…
More than four million homes and businesses across Australia are now able to order a service over the National Broadband Network (NBN). Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said NBN Co was on track to cover half the country by June 2017, with more than 19,000 premises currently under construction in Forde. “The…
From today, children aged two to five will have immediate and free access to Kalydeco® (ivacaftor) – a life-changing drug that addresses the causes of cystic fibrosis rather than just the symptoms. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP welcomed the news and said previously, only children six years of age and older with…
More Australians are choosing healthier packaged foods, thanks to the Health Star Rating (HSR) system. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the Coalition Government has launched a new campaign to promote the HSR System to raise awareness of the role it can play as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.…
Young children have the opportunity to learn a second language before they start school, with preschools and child care centres in Forde encouraged to sign up to the Turnbull Government’s popular Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the ELLA program was open nationally for the first…
Innovative ideas that help move people from welfare to work will be funded by the Turnbull Government, with the opening of the $96 million Try, Test and Learn Fund. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said using insight from the Australian Priority Investment Approach to Welfare, the Try, Test and Learn Fund would…
The Turnbull Government’s legislation to rebuild vocational education and training has passed the Parliament, delivering a system students and taxpayers can trust and ending the rip-offs and rorts that plagued Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP scheme. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said the Turnbull Government’s new VET Student Loans program will replace Labor’s…