$10 million boost for Fremantle's wave energy innovator

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Published on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 00:00

Federal Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke, today welcomed the Federal government's award of almost $10 million to Fremantle-based Carnegie Wave Energy.

Carnegie will apply the federal government's Emerging Renewables Program funding to its $31 million Perth Wave Energy Project, a world-first demonstration project which aims to result in wave-power generated west of Garden Island being fed into Perth's electricity grid by the end of 2013.

"I can't think of an announcement that has given me more satisfaction or more optimism for Australia's environmental and economic future," said Ms Parke.

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Federal planning funds on tap for Cockburn Central, Willagee improvements

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Published on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:00

The Federal member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke, today welcomed the announcement of almost $475,000 in federal Liveable Cities Program funding for two urban improvement projects in Willagee and Cockburn Central.

"These investments and the partnerships they are fostering will certainly help to meet the challenge of making these two localities more amenable for their residents," said Ms Parke.

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Free financial info session in Fremantle

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Published on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 00:00

Federal Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke today welcomed the scheduling of a free financial information session in Fremantle this week.

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NBN on way to the Fremantle Electorate

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Published on Monday, 02 April 2012 00:00

The Australian Government last week announced its three year rollout plan for the National Broadband Network with 13 suburbs in the Fremantle electorate on the list to receive the NBN within three years.

Federal Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke MP, said she was delighted to see that so many homes and businesses in the Fremantle electorate would soon be experiencing the benefits of ultra-high speed broadband.

Suburbs to receive the NBN within three years include:

Fremantle, South Fremantle, North Fremantle, Hilton, White Gun Valley, Beaconsfield, Willagee, O'Connor, Samson, Coolbellup, Hamilton Hill, Kardinya, and North Coogee.

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Pollies 'Lend A Leg' for landmine victims

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Published on Monday, 02 April 2012 00:00

Fourteen Federal Labor Parliamentarians 'lent a leg' for landmine victims in the final week of Parliament to raise awareness of the Australian Network to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions' (ANBLC) Day for Mine Awareness on April 4.

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Federal government boosts Fremantle's Home and Community Care funding

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Published on Tuesday, 28 February 2012 07:04

The Federal member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke, was today pleased to see that more frail, older people and younger people with disability in the Fremantle electorate will be able to remain in their own homes and communities as a result of increased funding for Home and Community Care (HACC) services.

"We know that the majority of older Australians would prefer to remain in their own homes and in their local community," Ms Parke said. "The boost in HACC funding will increase the quality and number of services provided to people who need everyday assistance to live as independently as possible in their own homes.

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Animal welfare cruelled by conflict of interest

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Published on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 03:11

As originally printed in The Age newspaper on 16 February 2012

by Melissa Parke MP

The horrific revelations last year of cruelty towards Australian animals in Indonesia, Turkey and the Middle East caused a public outcry and led to dramatic ramifications for the live animal export industry as well as for our diplomatic relations.

Given these events, a reasonable person might think that the Agriculture Department, which has governmental responsibility for animals, would have seen fit to devote a sentence or two to the importance of their welfare in recent submissions regarding the Department's work overseas.

Last Friday (10 February) I asked Agriculture Department officials in a foreign affairs inquiry why they had failed to mention animal welfare in their written and oral submissions. The Department said it was an 'oversight'.

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Melissa Parke backs new truck safety laws

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Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:41

The Federal Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke, has thrown her full backing behind local truck drivers who are fighting for new laws to make their industry safer.

"The number of truck movements in and out of Fremantle is massive and any laws that help make local roads safer have my support," said Ms Parke. "Of course the most signifcant step that could be taken in this regard is getting more freight onto rail, a task at which the current WA government has failed abysmally."

Last week Ms Parke was on the Fremantle docks for two days running talking to truckies who are fed up with dealing with the dangerous nature of their jobs.

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Local invention gains backing

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Published on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 01:31

An innovative project developed by Magellan Powetronics to boost the reliability and capacity of the electricity grid to may soon be a commercial reality, thanks to the Federal Government's Commercialisation Australia program.

With funding of $248,340, Bibra Lake-based Magellan Powertronics will be able to develop the solar components of its Grid Power Support (GPS) innovation and a lighter, more compact model for a major Australian energy company.

"This innovation funding is a boost for WA and our community stands to benefit both from the technology itself and from extra jobs and economic activity once this invention is commercialised" Ms Parke said.

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Schools save energy and water with federal government help

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Published on Monday, 30 January 2012 03:20

The Federal Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke MP, is pleased to announce that 10 schools from her electorate will receive almost $500,000 under the latest round of the Gillard Government's National Solar Schools Program (NSSP).

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