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Grants to target local solutions to regional health care challenges

The Australian Government is funding communities on Tasmania’s east coast to find local solutions to their health challenges. Primary care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Model (PRIMM) grants...

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Albanese Labor Government Wipe Student Debt for Doctors in Lyons

Brian Mitchell MP welcomed the passage of legislation today which will wipe the HELP debt for doctors or nurse practitioners who live and work in rural and remote parts of Tasmania. Doctors and...

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Urgently Addressing Visa Delays left behind by Liberal National Government is a Labor Priority

The Liberal Nationals failed regional Australia with their approach to visas. Instead, they wasted time and money looking to privatise the visa system, which would have decimated the jobs of many...

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Speech by Brian Mitchell MP - National Reconstruction Fund

I'm proud to have the opportunity to speak on the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2022. This bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation this House will deal with. The...

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Speech by Brian Mitchell MP - Space Industry in Lyons

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to represent Minister Husic at the official opening of the upgrade to the University of Tasmania's Greenhill Observatory, in my electorate, alongside Mr...

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Speech by Brian Mitchell MP - Housing Australia Future Fund

The member opposite got one thing right in that speech, and that is that the situation the country faces today is a failure of government—most particularly a failure of nine years of failed Liberal...

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Vale John Bennett AM, co-founder of Ashgrove Cheese

I was proud to stand in the national parliament this week to speak on the great life and legacy of John Bennett AM, co-founder of the world famous Ashgrove Cheese. John was a passionate dairy...

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$10,000 restoration for New Norfolk War Memorial

The New Norfolk War Memorial Cenotaph will receive a $10,000 restoration under the federal government’s Saluting Their Service grants program. Federal Member for Lyons Brian Mitchell announced the...

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Strengthening Tasmania’s Forestry Future

“The Albanese Labor Government’s aim is to strengthen, support and continue a sustainable forestry sector now and into the future,” says federal Lyons MP Brian Mitchell. “The Government’s Better...

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Supporting Small Business with Mental Health & Financial Guidance

“Small businesses are the engine room of Australia’s economy, employing millions of Australians and contributing more than $430 billion to our nation’s economy every year,” says federal Member for...

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