6 December 2011 A tomato farm in Rochester was one of the farms in the Murray-Darling Basin region to receive a visit from opposition water spokesperson Senator Barnaby Joyce last week, as part of a three-day trip to talk to farmers following the release of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. Senator Joyce said he…
Victorian Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie listened in amazement in Bendigo this morning as the Federal Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Simon Crean spoke about new opportunities for economic diversification across the Murray Darling Basin. “He said that the Gillard Government is “determined to deliver the reforms for a healthy, working basin,”…
Phone and internet users throughout regional Victoria have been given an extra opportunity to have their say on the telecommunications their area needs, Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senator for Victoria, said today. The Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) is conducting a review into the adequacy of telecommunications, with particular attention to what consumers need to…
Victorian Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie is calling for more certainty in the wake of today’s announcement by the Murray Darling Basin Authority that a total of about 2 750 billion litres will be taken from farming and allocated to environmental flows. “The new Plan provides farmers in the Goulburn Valley with less information, less…
28 November 2011 Warracknabeal families have received an early Christmas gift with news that Federal Government could soon reinstate slashed Take-a-Break funding. Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has expressed her delight with an “about-face” from the Gillard Government to restore funding for Victoria’s occasional childcare services. Labor joined with the Coalition, Greens and…
Senator Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senator for Victoria, today expressed delight with an about-face from the Gillard Government to restore funding for Victoria’s occasional childcare services. Yesterday Labor joined with the Coalition, Greens and Independents to support a motion calling for the reinstatement of $12m in Australian Government support for occasional care. Senator McKenzie was particularly…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, says the co-location of primary health care services at Mansfield District Hospital makes medical as well as financial sense. Senator McKenzie and the Member for Benalla, the Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, earlier this week toured the hospital and received a joint briefing by CEO Janene Ridley and…
The Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, says all Central Victorians, but especially men and boys, should swear an oath ‘never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women’ on White Ribbon Day tomorrow, 25 November. “Statistics continue to show that one in three women over the age of 15 experiences violence in…
“The Labor Government is out of touch and disconnected with the impact that Australia’s new carbon tax will have on horticulture industries, production and industry development in the Goulburn Valley and its promised assistance package of $200 million will be well short of what’s required,” according to Nationals Senator, Bridget McKenzie. Senator McKenzie questioned the…
The Labor Government is out of touch and disconnected with the impact that Australia’s new carbon tax will have on jobs in the Latrobe Valley and its promised assistance package of $200 million will be well short of what’s required,” according to Nationals Senator, Bridget McKenzie. During the committee stage of the Clean Energy Bill…