The Nationals in Government supports the health and wellbeing of rural men with Men’s Sheds across Victoria to receive more funding. A total of 135 Men’s Sheds nationally will share in $500,000 in grants under the latest round of funding,including those in Indi in north-east Victoria for: health and wellbeing seminars,first aid and OHS courses,…
Export opportunities and challenges facing agriculture are at the forefront today as farmers across the country mark the third nationwide celebration of Australia’s agriculture and related industries. Nationals Senator for Victoria and Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie said while large parts of the country are doing it tough in the face of bushfires and an intensifying…
Seven communities in Victoria will have access to a $15 million economic development fund for Basin community projects. Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, said Round 2 of the Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program had been extended to a number of local council areas. “This will provide a much-needed boost for communities across Cobram, Kyabram-Tatura,…
The Liberal and Nationals Government’s Sporting Schools program is helping more schools than ever before provide opportunities for children to get active and experience the joy of sport. Grants for Term 1, 2020 opened on November 11 and close soon. Next year there will be 35 sports for children to choose from, with the inclusion…
From today, skilled migrants who commit to living and working in regional Victoria will have access to two new skilled provisional visas, as part of The Nationals in Government’s commitment to tackling skills shortages in regional Australia. Successful visa applicants will become eligible to apply for permanent residency if they can demonstrate they have lived…
The latest $200 million round of the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) will be wholly and soley dedicated to helping the communities hardest hit by the crippling drought. Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, urges drought hit communities to take advantage of the fund and get local infrastructure and community-building projects of all sizes off…
The Liberal-National Government is supporting families across regional Victoria to keep their children in school and child care during the drought. “The government is providing $15 million to support schools and child care centres to keep their doors open as part of our latest package of $709 million in support to drought-affected Australians,” Nationals Senator…
The Liberals and Nationals in Government are delivering real improvements to the support payment that puts food on the table, petrol in the tank and pay household bills for farming families struggling with the ongoing drought. Nationals Senator for Victoria and Agriculture Minister, Bridget McKenzie, said the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) supports farmers in hardship…
The Liberal and Nationals Government stands with our dairy farmers as we work to ensure they are paid a fair farm-gate price for their milk so that future generations can enjoy safe, nutritious and delicious Australian dairy. Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie said the drought and high input costs were making things especially hard for…
Drought-hit farmers, small businesses and rural towns are set for an immediate cash injection to keep stock fed and watered, keep businesses open, keep locals in work and pump funds into local economies. The Prime Minister said the Liberal-National Government’s next step of measures to combat the drought’s impact was ready to flow. “We are…