The Liberal Nationals Government is providing up to $20 million in funding for early intervention projects and up to $10 million for security infrastructure through round six of the Safer Communities Fund. The early intervention grant opportunity is now open and closes 22 July 2021. The security infrastructure grant opportunity opens on 15 June and…
Upgrades to facilities and enhancements to community spaces and improved tourism opportunities are on the way for the electorate of Indi, through more than $14 million in Local Economic Recovery projects announced this week. State-wide, 24 bushfire recovery projects have been approved in this round of local community grants under the Local Economic Recovery program,…
The Federal Labor Party has shown it’s true colours this week, demanding the 450 gigalitres be delivered to South Australia under the Basin Plan. Nationals Senator for Victoria and Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Bridget McKenzie and Nationals Senator for New South Wales, Perin Davey were horrified by the line of questioning from…
Certainty of the future of Australia Post and its services has been secured for the licensees, employees and regional communities who rely on vital post services, following the tabling of the Australia Post inquiry report today in Parliament. The Nationals senators are backing changes that will enhance the viability and sustainability of Licensed Post Offices…
A round table forum with Gippsland forestry professionals and Nationals MP’s has reaffirmed support for Victoria’s sustainable native and plantation timber industry. Held at the Gippsland Forestry Hub in Churchill, the group discussed future strategies to support the native timber and plantation industries and the importance of all timber jobs to Gippsland’s economy. The Nationals…
Today is a great day for Australian foresters as a government report tabled in the Senate recommends changes to the Regional Forest Agreements framework to give operational certainty that the native forest industry has been crying out for. This follows a controversial ruling of Justice Mortimer which undermined two decades of environmental oversight of forestry…
Regional Victorian communities hard hit by COVID, drought and bushfires yet playing a key part in Australia’s economic recovery are being backed, and thanked, in the federal Budget, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said. A wide range of funding programs and measures were announced in the Budget focused on jobs, skills and training; backing business and…
Yesterday, the Federal Court unanimously ruled that Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) do uphold the Commonwealth’s required environmental standards. That is why The National Party, through Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Senator McKenzie’s Private Senator’s Bill, has sought to clarify this since the ruling of Justice Mortimer in May last year. The finding comes…
The Nationals are blasting Federal Labor for playing political games, rather than providing bipartisan support that puts local farmers and the environment first. At the Senate Committee into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan at Shepparton today, local Indigenous and farming group representatives expressed concerns over the management of the Basin, which stem back more than a…
The Nationals in government is providing a further $22.3 million for the development of business cases for eight water infrastructure projects, including for Victoria, that will help secure Australia’s water future. Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, welcomed the investment in two regional-based projects – the Coliban Regional Rural Modernisation and Sunbury-Bulla-Keilor Agricultural Rejuvenation projects.…