The National Broadband Network (NBN) is now available to half of all Australian homes and businesses including about 36% of premises in Forde, Federal Member Bert van Manen announced today. The national halfway mark is a significant milestone in the journey to provide all Australians with access superfast broadband by 2020. “In the electorate of…
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released today the first results from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing with the high quality data-set revealing how Forde has grown and developed over time. The data snapshot recorded 165,538 people living in Forde, making up 43,990 families. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen said…
The Turnbull Government has set a deadline for thousands of Illegal Maritime Arrivals (IMAs) who flooded into Australia under the previous Labor Government to prove they are genuine refugees and owed protection by Australia. They must lodge applications for processing by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) by October 1. There are 7500…