The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has this week attacked the Gillard Government’s pattern of broken promises, raised expectations and unfunded commitments in a speech in the Senate. “When the government makes commitments to the people of regional Victoria, they have every right to expect these assurances will be kept,” Senator McKenzie said. “Before…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has condemned the Gillard Government’s commitment to mental health in regional Victoria. This week, Senator McKenzie used a Matters of Public Importance speech in the Senate to highlight Swan Hill’s push for a headspace centre. “Swan Hill has the highest incidence of teenagers who self-harm in the state,…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has encouraged anyone who has developed a new product, or come up with an innovative app or solution to a common problem to enter the 2012 Bendigo Inventor Awards, as applications close on August 10. “Bendigo has been home to some enduring inventions like the Chiko Roll and…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said health services at Bendigo Health are under unnecessary financial pressure from Julia Gillard’s carbon tax. “Analyses performed by the four Coalition state governments confirmed stretched public hospital budgets will face a carbon tax between $1000 and $2400 per hospital bed, per year. “A recent newspaper report…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has encouraged central and north-west Victorian agricultural and food processing stakeholders to have their say on the National Food Plan next Tuesday, July 31 in Bendigo. Australia’s agricultural production is a $155 billion-a-year industry and is worth more than 12 per cent of GDP. “Victoria’s agricultural sector produces…
Nationals senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said she hoped a revised Murray-Darling Basin Plan would see regional communities thrive. Delivering the keynote address to Murray River Group of Councils’ Bridging the Border conference, Ms McKenzie focused on the historical flexibility of towns along the Murray River. ‘‘Change is intuitively understood in country Victoria because of…
BRIDGET McKenzie is thriving on the “huge leap” she took into the Australian Senate. She’s been there a year now as the only National Party representative for Victoria. “It’s the most amazing privilege to do this job. I have been given that responsibility and I take it very seriously. I’m quite diligent.” She said the…
THE dangerous intersection between the Calder Freeway and Calder Alternate was again the focus of attention this week. For the past few years, both political parties and both state and federal governments have failed to fix the intersection, despite all acknowledging it is a problem. This week it was the turn of The Nationals to…
FEDERAL Nationals say the dangerous intersection at the Calder Alternate Highway needs an urgent upgrade, but have stopped short of listing it as a funding priority if they are elected into government next year. Work to improve safety at the problem intersection has been on the agenda for a number of years, but continue to…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Transport Darren Chester have met with a concerned resident at the dangerous Calder Alternate Highway and Calder Highway intersection at Ravenswood. Senator McKenzie said her role as a local parliamentarian was to ensure Coalition decision makers were aware of…
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