Two organisations in the Richmond electorate will receive funding for projects to honour Australia’s wartime history.
The Nationals Senator for New South Wales John Williams said grants have been provided under the Australian government’s Saluting Their Service program to ensure we honour our military history in ways that are meaningful to our community.
He said Kingscliff RSL Sub-branch will receive $862 to install a plaque commemorating the Indigenous Defence Service at the Memorial Walk in Kingscliff.
A Senate inquiry will consider whether mobility scooters need greater regulation to ensure the users and pedestrians are safer.
The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee will conduct the inquiry following a motion moved by the Nationals Senator for New South Wales John Williams.
Senator Williams’ wife was seriously injured when she was struck by a mobility scooter as she stepped onto a footpath in August last year, and upon investigation he found that while there are different regulations in different States, generally there are few restrictions.
· Applications now open
· Scholarship value of $4,800
· Mentored by an experienced dentist
Applications are now being sought for the 2018 NSW Regional Dentistry Scholarship.
The NSW Regional Dentistry Scholarship aims to support a student with strong links to regional New South Wales to train for a professional dental career. The scholarship is awarded annually to a student commencing dentistry studies.
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Darren Chester
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
A/g Minister for Regional Development
A/g Minister for Local Government and Territories
John Williams
Senator for New South Wales
Melinda Pavey
NSW Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight
Pru Goward
NSW Member for Goulburn
The Australian and NSW Governments will be delivering all the short-term works in the Barton Highway Improvement Strategy in the next three years, while also looking to bring forward works to duplicate part of the Barton Highway.
Commuters will start seeing works such as tree trimming, adjustments to existing line marking, and installing updated road signs and safety barriers as priority actions under the Barton Highway Improvement Strategy kick off.
Minister for Communications, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield and Nationals Senator for New South Wales John Williams have welcomed the commencement of the Coalition’s Priority Locations Round of the Mobile Black Spot Program, which will provide new or improved mobile coverage to 5 locations in Eden-Monaro.
The Australian Government has committed $60 million to address 106 priority locations across the country that have been identified as having poor or no mobile coverage, on top of the 765 locations already being addressed under the first two rounds of the Mobile Black Spot Program.
John Williams
Senator for New South Wales
13th November 2017
· Applications now open for funding under the Building Better Regions Fund Round Two
· Two streams available: Infrastructure Projects and Community Investments
· Applications close on 19 December 2017
Organisations throughout the New England electorate are being urged to apply for funding under Round 2 of the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund.
The Nationals Senator for New South Wales John Williams said the Fund has two streams – Infrastructure Projects and Community Investments.
He said the Infrastructure Projects Stream supports projects which involve the construction of new infrastructure, or the upgrade or extension of existing infrastructure that provide economic and social benefits to regional and remote areas.
