Since becoming a Senator for Victoria on July 1 this year, Bridget McKenzie has hit the ground running. She has established her electorate office in Bendigo and is the first Federal Senator in almost two decades to choose the State’s most central city as an operational base. The various enterprises obvious in Bendigo and across…
9 August 2011 COAL seam gas companies have told a Senate hearing they will use their legal rights to force their way on to land where farmers refuse access. The admission is likely to anger thousands of farmers in the Surat and Bowen basins of Queensland who promised to lock their gates against gas and…
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has slammed Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan for politicising the state public service and issuing misleading news releases. For clarification, Senator McKenzie did not attend the opening of the Department of Premier and Cabinet office yesterday, nor as the Premier confirmed were any local MPs invited. “The only one misleading Bendigo…
The Nationals Senate Leader and Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Water, Senator Barnaby Joyce has commended the initiative of the recently sworn-in Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie in establishing her electorate office in regional Victoria. He made the comment in Bendigo when opening Senator McKenzie’s electorate office. He told around 70 guests that…
The Nationals’ Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie is mustering support from Federal and State politicians of every political stripe for the State’s apple and pear growers. At a weekend meeting with local growers at the Harcourt Co-Op Cool stores, Senator McKenzie was briefed on the risk of fire blight being introduced to Australia by the…
Goulburn Valley apple and pear growers are being treated as second class citizens by the Gillard government, which could result in major financial and job losses in the region. The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has met growers and packers at Ardmona to hear their concerns over the importation of New Zealand apples into…
The heat remains on the Gillard Government to provide relief to Gippsland families left out in the cold by cuts to ‘Take a Break’ funding. New Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie has given her backing to the efforts of Nationals Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, who has been fighting in Canberra to ensure that the funding…
11 July 2011 The Nationals claim double standards in quarantine arrangements threaten the viability of Victoria’s apple and pear industry. Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie has met industry representatives in Canberra to hear their concerns over Biosecurity Australia’s recent decision to allow New Zealand apples into Australia without quarantine restriction, before claiming Australia’s border security…
Double standards in quarantine arrangements threaten the viability of Victoria’s apple and pear industry. The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie met industry representatives in Canberra today to hear their concerns over Biosecurity Australia’s recent decision to allow New Zealand apples into Australia without quarantine restriction. “Our border security has been sacrificed to New Zealand…
4 July 2011 Friday marked an important day in the life of Bridget McKenzie. As a Nationals candidate, she won a seat in the Senate at last August’s election but has had to wait until this month to officially assume the position. Governor-General Quentin Bryce swore in Senator McKenzie on Friday morning. Despite living…
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