ENTREPRENEURSHIP FACILITATORS TO HELP OLDER AUSTRALIANS IN RICHMOND WORK FOR THEMSELVES
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Michaelia Cash
Minister for Jobs and Innovation
John Williams
Senator for New South Wales
Tweed Heads and Ballina locations
The Australian Government’s 2018–19 Budget includes the More Choices for a Longer Life
package, which invests in a range of jobs and skills measures, including help for older
Australians to explore self-employment.
The $189.7 million package includes $17.7 million for an expansion of the Entrepreneurship
Facilitators program to 20 additional locations to promote self-employment among older
Australians.
Facilitators will offer mentoring and business support, engage with relevant community
organisations to increase awareness of the opportunities available through self-employment
and refer participants to the most appropriate assistance available in the region, including to
the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme.
Work starts on replacing Bangalow bridges
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Michael McCormack
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
Melinda Pavey
NSW Minister for Roads,Maritime and Freight
John Williams
Senator for New South Wales
Ben Franklin
Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy and Northern NSW
Simon Richardson
Mayor-Byron Shire Council
Works have started on replacing five old bridges near Bangalow in the Byron Shire.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack said Bangalow residents would be able to enjoy better, safer and more reliable road access as a result.
“These new bridges will ensure more efficient freight and traffic movement, which will in turn improve productivity for nearby agricultural industries including the Booyong meat processing plant, macadamia, beef and dairy farms,” Mr McCormack said.
A STRONGER ECONOMY, MORE JOBS AND TAX RELIEF, Eden Monaro
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More than 63,000 taxpayers in Eden-Monaro will benefit from the low and middle income tax relief announced in the Federal Budget.
The Nationals Duty Senator for Eden-Monaro John Williams said a hairdresser on $50,000 will have an extra $440 in their pocket from the Budget year onwards, with an extra $3,740 in their pocket over the first seven years of the tax plan.
Senator Williams said a shop assistant on $45,000 will have an extra $440 in their pocket in the first year with an extra $3,380 in their pocket over the first seven years.
He said 5,038 families in the electorate will be better off when the new child care system comes into place in July, and the extension for a further twelve months of the popular instant asset write-off for small businesses with turnover of up to $10 million will
build on the more than 1,000 that have already taken advantage of the initiative in the electorate.
A STRONGER ECONOMY, MORE JOBS AND TAX RELIEF
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Almost 64,000 taxpayers in Richmond will benefit from the low and middle income tax relief next financial year following the handing down of the Federal Budget.
The Nationals Duty Senator for Richmond John Williams said a shop assistant working in a Richmond business on $45,000 a year will have an extra $440 in their pocket from the Budget year onwards, with an extra $3,740 in their pocket over the first seven years of the tax plan.
He said a workshop manager in Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, Ballina, Byron Bay or anywhere in Richmond who is on $88,000 will have an extra $575 to spend from the Budget year onwards, with an extra $4,055 in their pocket over the first seven years of the tax plan.
Senator Williams said when the new child care reforms commence on the 2nd of July, 5,833 local families will be the beneficiaries.
Kingscliff Foreshore upgrade turns tide on erosion
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John McVeigh
Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government
John Williams
Senator for NSW
Katie Milne
Mayor of Tweed Shire Council
Permanent seawall erected, Beach Holiday Park and Central Park redeveloped
Seawall will reduce impact and cost of tidal erosion
Coalition Government invested over $9.8 million in the project
Green light for Cessnock Road project planning
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Michael McCormack
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
Melinda Pavey
NSW Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight
John Williams
Senator for New South Wales
17 million project to improve flood immunity at Testers Hollow
The design and environmental assessment contract has been awarded
Planning stage of works expected to be completed by mid-2019
Motorists will soon benefit from an upgraded Cessnock Road at Testers Hollow following the award of the contract for the design and environmental assessment of the project.