Pic source: studyadelaide.com Dear Editor, Opinion on the Abbott-Truss Government’s higher education reforms has gone up a notch as critics anticipate the legislation’s reintroduction to parliament next month. But as they preach how the uncertainty is affecting students and the sector, they fail to acknowledge that their own Labor-Greens camps have caused the current…
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said there are abundant trade and investment opportunities across many sectors with India. Senator McKenzie, a member of the joint parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee, is part of the 400 plus delegation to Australia Business Week in India, led by Trade Minister Andrew Robb. “The aim of the business…
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 through the equally unlikely avenue of complex free-trade…
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 agreement with China last year, as well as deals with…
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 three days of horsemanship, music and mud.…
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 of the state government's decision to stop cattle grazing in…
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 get-together at Mitta, has also vowed to keep lobbying the Victorian Labor government to renew cattle grazing trials in the…
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 the former Labor government in the $10 billion deal for regional Australia, securing the support of…
VICTORIAN Farmers are disappointed that the Labor government has ditched the alpine grazing trial in the high country before even giving it a chance. Newly appointed Environment Minister Lisa Neville made the announcement yesterday and claimed that “the science is already in” on cattle in the state’s alpine region. But Victorian Farmers Federation Omeo…
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 and instead await the results. Victorian Environment Minister Lisa…