It’s a pleasure to be here, I have been asked today to deliver the keynote address at the Bridging the Border conference hosted by the Murray River Group of Councils, which presupposes so much. What I want you to know is that I am not a water expert, I am not a resident of any…
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…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie’s address to the Murray River Group of Councils Bridging the Border conference reiterated her hope a revised Murray Darling Basin Plan would see regional communities thrive. The two-day biennial conference is being held in Moama, and brings together local councils, businesses and government agencies to discuss the…
It’s a more intimate feel within the Senate chamber. Bridget McKenzie sits in the back row, at the end of the Coalition benches. She rises to her feet to quiz Senator Chris Evans about power generation in the La Trobe Valley and follows with supplementary questions that relate to the impending carbon tax. It’s the…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie and the Shadow Minister for Regional Communications, Youth and Sport Luke Hartsuyker have met with youth leaders in Bendigo, to discuss the importance of connecting young people to the community. Lead On Australia, Youth Foundation Eaglehawk, the Bendigo Student Association, and local students and graduates from La Trobe…
VEGETABLE growers will see the impacts the carbon tax will have on them. The Leader of the Nationals Warren Truss and The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie toured Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market talking to vegetable growers about the carbon tax’s impacts. Senator McKenzie said horticulture was important to Australia’s economy, and was…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has used a supermarket visit to highlight the disproportionate effect the carbon tax would have on regional industries and jobs. “The tax will increase input costs at every aspect of the supply chain, from farm gate to dinner plate,” she said. Senator McKenzie today met with…
The Leader of the Nationals Warren Truss and The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie met with vegetable growers at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market this morning, and heard how the carbon tax would impact them. Mr Truss said while in the short term the carbon tax did not apply to farmers, it would add…
JAMES Paulet is part of a small minority of high school students who are thinking about studying agriculture. The Tallangatta Secondary College year 11 student, who lives on his family’s beef property in the Tallangatta Valley, is doing a certificate II in agriculture as part of his studies. He attended the recent soil carbon forum…
THE CRISIS involving agriculture’s skills shortage was addressed in the Senate last week. The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie, along with other committee representation, released the report into Higher Education and Skills Training to Support Agriculture and Agribusiness in Australia. The report included initiating an industry body to present to government a national strategy…
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