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Federal Member for Mitchell, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, encourages councils in North West Sydney to apply for up to $5million in funding to support smart tech projects for local communities.
The Federal Government’s $50million Smart Cities and Suburbs Program has been opened by Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor.
Federal Member for Mitchell, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, encouraged not-for-profit community organisations to apply for the Community Heritage Grants Program.
Grants of up to $15,000 are available for community organisations such as public libraries, museums, historical societies, Indigenous and multicultural groups to help preserve and protect nationally significant collections.
Federal Member for Mitchell, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, said young people starting their own business will benefit thanks to new products recently made available by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
“With more young Australians going into small business, particularly in industries such as construction, transport, information technology and telecommunications, the ATO has made the process even easier to help young people have a go,” Alex Hawke said.
Time is running out for Mitchell preschools and child care centres to apply to take part in the Turnbull Government’s popular early language learning program which is being rolled out nationally for the first time.
A new Federal Government incentive is now available to help local businesses hire additional staff.
Federal Member for Mitchell, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, welcomed the changes, saying they will help local business to hire young people in our community.
New wage subsidies are a key component of the Government’s new jobactive PaTH Program, which will be fully rolled out in April and will help up to 120,000 vulnerable young Australians through pre-employment training, internships and these new wage subsidies.