THE Mountain Cattlemen Association (MCAV) of Victoria and supporters were very disappointed to learn via a radio interview today the cattle grazing trial in Wonnangatta Valley has been scrapped. The way it was announced by the newly appointed Environment Minister Lisa Neville was disrespectful, the MCAV said. MCAV president Charlie Lovick said the organisation wrote…
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: A week ago, the Prime Minister was trying to reboot his government's message in the hopes of ending the year on a high. Well if anything, his problems have only deepened since then and the latest concession to the Government's woes is that Tony Abbott's compromising on his pet policy on paid…
QUT has released four course fee scenarios for domestic students commencing in 2016, in an effort to provide clarity around the current higher education funding debate. QUT accepts all sides of politics struggle with the reality of the balance between student and government contributions to higher education. The scenarios are based on: no change (scenario…
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 3 December Australia’s national industry association for private tertiary education, the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), said today that the defeat of the Higher Education Reforms in the Senate is a major blow for low SES and regional students across Australia. Broadening government supported places to non-university higher education…
BY ANDREW MILLER 03 Dec, 2014 10:06 AM FEDERAL NATIONAL MP’s have played down claims the Victorian election was a poor result for the party. The party had retained Morwell and had not conceded defeat over David O'Briens Upper House seat of Western Victoria. Mallee MP Andrew Broad said the election result was just…
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie thanked those crossbench senators who negotiated amendments to the higher education reforms legislation, that complement the government’s commitment to ensuring a quality education is accessible to more students, especially those from disadvantaged and regional backgrounds. “In doing so, these senators were responding to feedback from universities, students and other stakeholders that…
MEDIA RELEASE 3 December 2014 RUN urges the Senate to pass the new Higher Education and Research Reform Bill early in 2015. The Chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN), Professor Peter Lee, said that the new bill introduced in the House of Representatives today shows that many of the issues raised by RUN have…
Senator McKENZIE (Victoria) (16:37): It grieves me but I am glad to actually participate in this ridiculous debate where, once again, the Labor Party trots out its tired lines—although I am quite excited about some of the adjectives those opposite have chosen to throw into today's motion. But I think it is actually merely disguising…
Senator McKENZIE (Victoria) (18:12): I rise tonight to speak on the report from the Select Committee on Australia's Food Processing sector, for which the government response was handed down this week. As a representative of rural and regional Australia, it was a pleasure to work on this select committee with Senator Colbeck, Senator Xenophon and…
The Victorian Labor Party led by Daniel Andrews was today, in the Australian senate, challenged to sever ties with corrupt unions and their slush funds. Victorian-based Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie today in Question Time asked Employment Minister, Eric Abetz, about the federal government's legislation to ensure transparency to the governance of trade unions and so-called…