Media Releases
Tuesday, 12th May 2009
Communities around Australia will benefit from the Rudd Labor Government's record $2.6 billion investment in local infrastructure and services.
The 2009-10 Budget allocates funding to local communities through the following programs:
Financial Assistance Grants: $1.9 billion (an extra $47.2 million) to assist councils and shires provide basic services and quality infrastructure to their local communities. Of this funding, $479.7 million is being brought forward and paid this financial year (2008-09) to support the tens of thousands of jobs in the local government sector during the current global recession.
As well as supporting jobs and local economies during the current global recession, these programs will deliver better roads, community facilities and services in communities around the country. No community in Australia is immune from the impacts of the global recession. That's why we're investing in each and every one of them.
Electorate Office
334a Marrickville Rd
Marrickville NSW 2204
Phone: 02 9564 3588
Parliament House Office
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: 02 6277 7700
Electorate Office
334a Marrickville Rd
Marrickville NSW 2204
Phone: 02 9564 3588
Parliament House Office
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: 02 6277 7700
Phone: (02) 9564 3588
Fax: (02) 9564 1734
Email: A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our offices stand and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also recognise the resilience, strength and pride of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Authorised by Anthony Albanese. 334a Marrickville Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204.