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Foreign Aid, Asylum Seekers and Human Rights

Posted April 29, 2013.

As the Speaker of the Parliament I have had the privilege of representing the Parliament at International Conferences and this has afforded me the opportunity to see first-hand ...
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Ashwood School to benefit from disability funding extension

Posted April 17, 2013.

Parliamentary Secretary for School Education Senator Jacinta Collins and Federal Member for Chisholm Anna Burke MP today visited Ashwood School, which caters tostudents with int ...
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Don’t Sacrifice Rail for Toll Gates

Posted April 01, 2013.

Federal Member for Chisholm, Anna Burke MP, has condemned the Victorian State Government\'s plans to sacrifice the Eastern Freeway\'s centre rail reservation and put tolls on th ...
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Chisholm MoneySmart Forum

Posted March 26, 2013.

Members of the community are invited to the Chisholm MoneySmart Forum at the Box Hill Town Hall on Thursday 11 April at 2pm with Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Bernie ...
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Boost for quality early childhood education in Chisholm

Posted March 20, 2013. Child care centres and Early Childhood Educators in Chisholm will benefit from new funding ensuring they can employ qualified staff and provide better services to families across t ...
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Pensions Increase Take Effect

Posted March 20, 2013. Chisholm residents receiving pensions or partial pension support are to obtain another welcome boost to their household budgets.

Federal Member for Chisholm, Anna Burke, said mo ...
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Join the Campaign to End Poverty

Posted March 14, 2013.

Anna Burke MP today met with eight inspirational young people from Chisholm who have spent the past week travelling around the country on the Oaktree Foundation Road Trip to End ...
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Join Anna on Clean Up Australia Day

Posted February 22, 2013.

Federal Member for Chisholm, Anna Burke, is encouraging members of the community to join her on Sunday March 3, to help clean up Mount Waverley and Clean Up Australia.

A ...
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$13.6 Million to Reopen Beds at Monash Medical Centre

Posted February 21, 2013.

 The Federal Government will provide $13.6 million directly to Southern Health to fix Ted Baillieu\'s savage health cu ...
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Fixing Ted Baillieu's Health Cuts with $8.4 Million to Eastern Health

Posted February 21, 2013.

The Federal Government will provide $8.4 million directly to Southern Health to fix Ted Baillieu\'s savage health cuts, Anna Burke said today.

"One of the great dis ...
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Asset Test Eased for Pensioners

Posted February 13, 2013.

Anna Burke has welcolmed the Gillard Government\'s announcement that pension deeming rates will be reduced from next month, allowing part pensioners to receive more in their for ...
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Parents to access child care centre ratings on MyChild website

Posted January 31, 2013.

The National Quality Framework (NQF) is providing parents with more information about their local childcare centres and NQF ratings for all local child care centres will be avai ...
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