http://www.whyallanewsonline.com.au/story/3276694/forum-to-tackle-barriers-to-education/ Residents are being encouraged to voice their ideas on how the federal government can better support students to gain a university degree. Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey, senator Bridget McKenzie and educati... Read more

  BY Rowan Callick Asia Pacific Editor, Melbourne ANDREW Robb may seem an unlikely saviour of the Abbott ­government, but the Trade and ­Investment Minister is shaping the narrative for a Coalition that continues to struggle with its economic message.      And he is doing it... Read more

BY Amanda Hodge South Asia Correspondent, New Delhi TRADE Minister Andrew Robb says he will keep returning to New Delhi this year until negotiations over a free trade agreement with India, the fourth under his tenure, are concluded.      Mr Robb finalised a free trade agreeme... Read more

Pic source: globaltravelwriters.com AT the weekend's Cattlemen's Get Together at Mitta Mitta Mountain Cattlemen's Association president Charlie Lovick called on supporters to pressure the government to improve the level of care for the High Country. He told the crowd they had to accept the reality... Read more

Pic source: MCAV By TAHLIA MCPHERSON A WEEKEND of rain wasn’t enough to dampen the atmosphere at the Mountain Cattlemen’s annual get together in Mitta. About 4000 people occupied the 28-hectare flat surrounded by bush hill to the north and the Mitta River running to the south for th... Read more

Photo source: Visit Victoria website  By NATALIE KOTSIOS  MOUNTAIN cattlemen should be recognised nationally as a “living culture”, Victorian senator Bridget McKenzie says. The Nationals senator, who is attending this weekend’s Mountain Cattlemen Association annual... Read more

BY Colin Bettles  ALLEGATIONS that Labor misused taxpayer dollars when administering the Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF) have reignited smouldering tensions between the Nationals and former federal independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott.  The RDAF was established by ... Read more

BY Rob Harris VICTORIA’s new Labor Government is being urged to allow the completion of a three-year alpine grazing trial.      Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has called on new Premier Daniel Andrews not to shut down the trial, which began last year, for political reasons... Read more

THE Mountain Cattlemen Association (MCAV) of Victoria and supporters were very disappointed to learn via a radio interview today the cattle grazing trial in Wonnangatta Valley has been scrapped.  The way it was announced by the newly appointed Environment Minister Lisa Neville was disrespect... Read more

LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: A week ago, the Prime Minister was trying to reboot his government's message in the hopes of ending the year on a high. Well if anything, his problems have only deepened since then and the latest concession to the Government's woes is that Tony Abbott's compromising on his... Read more

BY ANDREW MILLER 03 Dec, 2014 10:06 AM   FEDERAL NATIONAL MP’s have played down claims the Victorian election was a poor result for the party.  The party had retained Morwell and had not conceded defeat over David O'Briens Upper House seat of Western Victoria.  Mallee MP An... Read more

BY Lucy Barbour Updated yesterday at 5:44pm Mon 24 Nov 2014, 5:44pm  One of the ABC's flagship rural programs, Bush Telegraph, has been axed as the national broadcaster deals with more than $250 million in funding cuts imposed by the Federal Government. Bush Telegraph is broadcast weekd... Read more

New tools for ‘seeing’ inside the living human body at the cellular level will be developed at a $38 million research centre being launched at the University of Adelaide today. The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics is bringing together p... Read more

A NATIONALS senator will seek assurances from the ABC that there’ll be no reduction in regional radio services.      Hundreds of regional Victorians attended rallies in Ballarat, Bendigo and Wodonga today after the Federal Government confirmed the broadcaster would have its bu... Read more

 Senator McKenzie tours Victoria's Moorabool region with Nationals candidate for Buninyong, Sonia Smith. See attached story.