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…
Senator McKENZIE (Victoria) (16:33): I rise to speak on this matter of public importance. A vote for the state Coalition Government on Saturday in Victoria will deliver strong environmental policies to address climate change and safeguard natural resources in Victoria. What we have before us is proof from the Greens that they struggle to understand…
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has written to ABC Board Chairman Jim Spigelman criticising the cuts to ABC rural and regional services. The ABC revealed on Monday that over 400 people will lose their jobs as a result of Federal Government funding cuts. Amongst a number of sweeping changes, five regional radio stations will be closed,…
Senator McKENZIE (Victoria) (17:26): I am very proud to rise to speak to the government's response to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee report Teaching and Learning—Maximising our investment in Australian schools. I was one of the senators, with Senator Back and others, who contributed to this report. As Senator Back's contribution…
*This letter was posted on this website with the permission of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA).* 25 November 2014 James Spigelman AC QC Chairman (ABC Board) ABC Ultimo Centre GPO Box 9994 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Dear Mr Spigelman, ABC's Bush Telegraph Program I write in relation to the recently announced cuts to the ABC…
BY Lucy Barbour Updated yesterday at 5:44pm Mon 24 Nov 2014, 5:44pm One of the ABC's flagship rural programs, Bush Telegraph, has been axed as the national broadcaster deals with more than $250 million in funding cuts imposed by the Federal Government. Bush Telegraph is broadcast weekday mornings on Radio National and explores farming, mining,…
Senator McKENZIE (Victoria) (17:48): The hypocrisy! The level of debt that was left and the assumptions underpinning those from the other side who have spoken on this particular MPI are absolutely breathtaking. The assumption is that we on this side do not appreciate public broadcasters and do not appreciate the substantial contribution that a public…
New tools for ‘seeing’ inside the living human body at the cellular level will be developed at a $38 million research centre being launched at the University of Adelaide today. The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics is bringing together physicists, biologists and chemists to develop ways of using light and…
A NATIONALS senator will seek assurances from the ABC that there’ll be no reduction in regional radio services. Hundreds of regional Victorians attended rallies in Ballarat, Bendigo and Wodonga today after the Federal Government confirmed the broadcaster would have its budget cut by $254 million over the next five years. Victorian Nationals Senator…