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Mornington Peninsula Shire receives increased Roads to Recovery funding
Features, Local Media, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt MP 11 January 2019
The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council will receive a more than $700,000 increase in Australian Government funding provided under the new Roads to Recovery Program. Federal Member for Flinders, Greg Hunt MP said the Mornington Peninsula Shire will receive $6,438,558 in base funding for the new period, up from $5,733,877 during the last period. …
More scholarships for regional students on the Southern Peninsula
Local Media, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt MP 10 January 2019
Federal Member for Flinders, The Hon. Greg Hunt MP has encouraged students across the Southern Mornington Peninsula to apply for a Government-funded scholarship to study a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) course. Minister Hunt said the Morrison Government is increasing the number of scholarships available through the Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships program…
$47 million for headspace to support youth mental health
Features, Health, Local Media, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt MP 9 January 2019
The Liberal National Government will a invest a further $47 million to continue to support the mental wellbeing of young Australians through headspace with a new youth mental health ambassadors project and funding for its head office. About 560,000 Australian children and adolescents are estimated to have a mental illness and one in four…
Mornington Peninsula set to benefit from new physical activity grants
Local Media, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt MP 7 January 2019
The Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP is calling on sport and physical activity providers across the Mornington Peninsula to apply for funding for a national $28.9 million Liberal Nationals Sport Participation Grants program. Minister Hunt urged sporting groups and local government organisations to create or enhance programs that would help…
Support for research to develop kidneys from stem cells
Health, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt MP 7 January 2019
The Liberal National Government is providing nearly $1 million in funding to a medical research project that will use human stem cells to develop kidneys as an alternative for renal replacement. It is estimated that one in ten Australians will show evidence of chronic kidney disease by 2020, but only one in four patients…
Support for Parkinson's disease medical research
The Liberal National Government is supporting research that will help us understand the role of cognitive networks in Parkinson's disease with the hope of leading to better treatment and self-management of the disease. Parkinson's disease is a progressive, degenerative neurological condition that affects a person's control of their body movements. It currently affects…
Support for prostate cancer medical research
The Liberal National Government is investing almost $800,000 into research into how prostate cancer spreads and becomes resistant to normal treatments. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia. It can be lethal when it spreads to other organs, and can become resistant to conventional therapies. Dr Philip Gregory, from the University of…
$3 million for tick bite medical research
The Liberal National Government will provide $3 million for two studies that aims to reduce the debilitating symptoms attributed to tick bites. Thousands of Australians have had their lives, and those of their families, impacted by chronic symptoms associated with tick bites such as fatigue, arthritis, chronic pain, headaches and ongoing psychological symptoms. …
Lower electricity prices in 2019
Thousands of Australian families and small businesses on standing offers will this get an automatic discount of up to 15 per cent off their electricity bill in 2019. Government pressure on retailers has resulted in lower power bills from today for standing offer customers across Victoria, including the Mornington Peninsula. Federal Member for…
Medicine for the treatment of seizures listed on the PBS
Health, Media ReleasesBy Greg Hunt MP 29 December 2018
The Liberal National Government will make a medicine for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis more affordable, saving patients $17,000 a year. The medicine Afinitor® (everolimus) is being listed on the expert Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from January 1, for the treatment of refractory seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex. The…
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