MEDIA - 2009

DECEMBER 2009

Wollongong Small Businesses Need to Hurry to Benefit From Christmas Tax Break (28/12/09)
Stage 1 of Wollongong's $3.76 Million Scenic Promenade Opened (23/12/09)
Symbio Wildlife Park Receives TQUAL Grant of $100,000 (19/12/09)
$58,647 for Outside School Hours Care for Teenagers with a Disability (16/12/09)
$23,000 for Youth Talk Program (16/12/09)
Green Space Revamps Civic Plaza (11/12/09)
Cunningham Volunteer Organisations to Share in $262,000 Funding (04/12/09)     Attachment
Wollongong Resident and Local MP Join Forces to Make Noise on Bowel Screening (04/12/09)

 

NOVEMBER 2009

Call for 2010-11 Budget Submissions (27/11/09)
Gudjarat NRE Minerals Finalist in Australian Export Awards (20/11/09)
Retirement of Jennie George MP (19/11/09)
Adolescent Overload?  Media Conference: Education and Training Committee Tables Report for School and Work Inquiry (17/11/09)
●  Media Conference
●  About the House Program
Education and Training Committee to Table Report for School and Work Inquiry (16/11/09)
Tender Process for Maldon-Dombarton Rail Link Feasibility Study Welcomed (11/11/09)
Kickstart to Help Illawarra School Leavers Become Apprentices (10/11/09)
362 Computers for Three Local Schools (09/11/09)
Round Two of Jobs Fund Open (06/11/09)
$1.3 million for Metal and Engineering Trade Centre at Edmund Rice College (05/11/09)

OCTOBER 2009

$1.6 million Health and Medical Research Funding for University of Wollongong (29/10/09)
$11.4 million in Research Funding for University of Wollongong (26/10/09)  Attachment
Kickstart to Apprenticeships Welcomed (16/10/09)
Economic Stimulus - $5.4 million for Cycling Infrastructure Across Illawarra and South Coast (16/10/09)
Early Childhood Education Teacher Places for University of Wollongong (14/10/09)

SEPTEMBER 2009

New Equipment to Help Reduce Elective Surgery Waiting Times in the Illawarra (23/09/09
State of the Illawarra Regional Leadership Initiative (18/09/09)
Steel Industry Innovation Council Welcomed (11/09/09)
$5.1 Million for University of Wollongong Research (09/09/09)   Fellowships
First Round of Jobs Fund Program Delivers $4.8 Million to Illawarra Projects and 189 Jobs (03/09/09)  Attachment
CFMEU National President to Brief on Jobs and Climate Change (02/09/09)

AUGUST 2009

$19.2 Million in Financial Assistance Grants to Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama Councils (31/08/09)
Deputy Prime Minister to Visit Wollongong in November (27/08/09)
$273,500 Commonwealth Funding for Local Charities (27/08/09)
$24 Million for 10 Local Schools to Help Secure Jobs (27/08/09)  Attachment
454 Computers for Three Local Schools (26/08/09)
Work Starts on $3.4 Million Cliff Road Promenade (25/08/09)  Attachment   Photo   Photo   Photo
2009 Volunteer Grants Programme Open (14/08/09)

$853,852 Grants for Aged Care Services in Wollongong (07/08/09)

Regional Development Australia Illawarra Appointments (06/08/09)
$1.4 million investment in WEA Illawarra and Illawarra ITeC (06/08/09)

JULY 2009

104 Training Places for Aged Care in Wollongong (24/07/09)
$3,628 grants for Thirroul and Corrimal RSL (23/07/09)
Infrastructure Australia Co-ordinator to visit Port of Port Kembla (13/07/09)
Hon Tanya Plibersek MP - Federal Funding for Young Parents in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven (10/07/09)
Maldon-Dombarton Rail Link (08/07/09)
$5.7 million investment in Wollongong Aged Care (01/07/09)

JUNE 2009

New Era for Regional Development Australia – Illawarra (30/06/09)
$2.3 million for Illawarra Local Government (25/06/09)
Illawarra Local Employment Co-ordinator Appointed (23/06/09)
$9.8 million for Wollongong TAFE Campus (19/06/09)
$600 Carer Supplement Starts Today (17/06/09)
$180,000 grant for Southern Youth and Family Services (16/06/09)
$243.6 Million Investment in Education Infrastructure in the Illawarra Over 12 Months (12/06/09)
Innovation Fund Delivers $1.7 million for Illawarra Region (11/06/09)
$82.9 Million for 43 Local Primary School Infrastructure Under Round Two of Primary Schools for the 21st Century Programme (10/06/09)       Attachment
$4.1 million for Better TAFE Facilities at Illawarra Campuses (04/06/09)

MAY 2009

$745,774 to Assist in Illawarra Region Resettlement of Migrants and Refugees (29/05/09)
University of Wollongong SMART Infrastructure Facility Kicks Off with 340 Construction Jobs (29/05/09)
$2.9 million for 10 research projects at University of Wollongong (28/05/09)    List of Projects
$499,389 to Reconnect Homeless Youth in Wollongong (26/05/09)
$4.45 Million for 32 Local Schools in Cunningham Under Round Two of the National School Pride Programme (21/05/09)   Attachment
Illawarra Students to Get High–Quality Trade Training (20/05/09)
$19,700 Funding Grant to South Coast Writers’ Centre (14/05/09)
$63,500 to Keep Local Bushfire Trails in Good Working Order (14/05/09)
$1.2 Million Bridge Reopens Early (14/05/09)
$44 Million Investment in New Industry and Jobs at University of Wollongong (13/05/09)
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Department to Appear at Combining School and Work Inquiry (12/05/09)
$231,466 Boost for Volunteering in the Illawarra (12/05/09)
Treasurer, Wayne Swan, to Visit Wollongong (11/05/09)
Prime Minister / Minister for Defence - Transcript of Doorstop at BlueScope Steel (11/05/09)
Prime Minister - Transcript - Speech to Jobs Forum (11/05/09)
Prime Minister / Minister for Defence  - Steel Agreement Reached for Air Warfare Destroyers (11/05/09)
$28.2 Million for 14 Local Primary School New Infrastructure Projects in Cunningham (06/05/09)  Attachment
$50 Million in Local Primary Schools New Infrastructure Funding (06/05/09)
$2.9 Million to Help Build Wollongong Cliff Road Promenade (05/05/09)

APRIL 2009

 
More Secondary School Visits to Discuss School/Work Balance (28/04/09)
$2.2 Million for Four Black Spots to be Fixed in Cunningham (28/04/09)
$1 million relationship services funding for Wollongong (24/04/09)
$7.7 Million for Illawarra Public Housing Repairs and Maintenance (23/04/09)
Community partnership in Helensburgh (23/04/09)
New Flag Pole for Coledale War Memorial (20/04/09)
Jobs Fund Applications Now Open (20/04/09)
Standing Committee on Education and Training (Committee to Visit Secondary Schools to Discuss School-Work Balance - Burnie/Holmesglen (20/04/09)
Faster Broadband on it's Way (07/04/09)
Standing Committee on Education and Training (Committee to Visit Secondary Schools to Discuss School-Work Balance - Adelaide/Perth (06/04/09)
Over $4 million first round of National School Pride Programme funding for local schools in Cunningham (06/04/09)    Attachment
Federal Government Provides Direct Support to Illawarra Region Under Jobs and Training Compact (05/04/09)
$104,000 for Three Local Schools for Computers (02/04/09)
 
 

MARCH 2009

 
Australian Government Supporting Carers and Their Special Needs - $38 Million (31/03/09)
Media Alert - Minister for Ageing Visits Wollongong (31/03/09)
30 New Affordable Rental Homes to be Built in Wollongong (31/03/09)
Over 1,000 Students Have Their Say on Balancing School and Part-Time Work (25/03/09)
$8.2 Million for Local Road Improvements (20/03/09)
Over $1.27 Million for Seven Road Black Spots to be Fixed in Cunningham (16/03/09)
Pacific Brands Workers Assistance Forum (13/03/09)
Creating Pathways for Youth - TAFE Directors to Appear at Combining School and Work Inquiry (11/03/09)
Pacific Brands Workers' Assistance Forum (11/03/09)
Indexation of Pensions (09/03/09)
$56,566 to Help Support Respite Services in Wollongong (09/03/09)
$100,000 for Regional Small Business Assistance (06/03/09)
New Era for Regional Development in the Illawarra (04/03/09)
New Northern Illawarra Metal Skills Centre to be Located at Corrimal High School (03/03/09)
 
 
FEBRUARY 2009
 
Community Treasurer's Award Goes to Wollongong Sporting Club (27/02/09)
Flood Mitigation Funding for Wollongong City Council (26/02/09)
Pacific Brands (25/02/09)
BEWARE of Hoax Email Seeking $900 (20/02/09)
Hockey Claims Australians Never Richer (18/02/09)
Commemorations Grants Announced (09/02/09)
$3.2 Million for University of Wollongong (05/02/09)
Wollongong Small Businesses To Benefit from Tax Break (03/02/09)
$950 Tax Bonus for Working Australians (03/02/09)
63 Cunningham Schools to Get New or Upgraded Facilities (03/02/09)
Interest Rate Cut (03/02/09)
 
 

JANUARY 2009

 
Education Tax Refund (29/01/09)
Roundtable to Examine the Impact of Combined Study and Work on Youth Transitions (28/01/09)
Maldon-Dombarton Pre-Feasibility Study Project Reference Group Inaugural Meeting (23/01/09)
Infrastructure Grant Projects Announced (13/01/09)
$112,322 in Funding for Local Volunteers (08/01/09)
Wollongong Consultants to Undertake $300,000 Maldon-Dombarton Pre-Feasibility Study - Joint Release with Jennie George MP (05/01/09)

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