Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, encourages regional students planning to start tertiary education this year to lodge their claim for Youth Allowance or Austudy now. Youth Allowance provides financial assistance for eligible young people who pursue further study or an apprenticeship after leaving school. Austudy provides assistance to eligible students and apprentices aged 25…
2 February 2020 Today I have tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister. This decision has obvious implications for my National Party leadership roles so I have informed The Nationals Leader also of my intention to resign my leadership roles. I have been humbled and heartened to be given the opportunity to serve the Australian…
The Liberal and Nationals Government is working to ensure our farming future by investing $5 million to bring kids and farms closer together. Nationals Senator for Victoria and Minister for Agriculture, Bridget McKenzie, said kids were increasingly removed from directly experiencing life on the land which was a barrier to choosing agriculture as a career and…
The Australian Government stands by our bushfire-affected primary producers with additional measures to support recovery from this season’s fires. Minister for Agriculture Senator Bridget McKenzie said the path to recovery over the next two years would include 60 more rural financial counsellors and support workers, with an injection of $15 million in additional funding to…
Bushfire-hit communities in the Towong Local Government area will be able to rebuild vital infrastructure sooner with an initial and immediate $1 million grant from the Liberal and Nationals Government. Nationals Senator for Victoria and Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie said Towong Council would be able to choose the best way to use the money…
The Australian Defence Force continues its important work supporting emergency services with on the ground assistance to bushfire affected communities. This support will now extend to the essential task of livestock disposal in areas most severely affected. Minister for Agriculture, Bridget McKenzie, and Defence Minister, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, said it was important…
Regional Victorians living with advanced breast cancer will have access to an important new treatment option, with the Liberal-National Government listing a life-changing new medicine on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Verzenio® (abemaciclib) is now listed on the PBS for the first time. It will treat non-premenopausal patients with advanced hormone receptor positive human epidermal…
As the bush fire crisis deepens across Australia, Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie urges regional communities to continue to prioritise personal safety as concern for livestock grows. “The devastating loss of life to date underscores a critical need for cooperation and support in regional and urban communities alike. “Property damage is widespread and the task…
The Parliamentary Friends of Shooting group promotes responsible shooting and hunting sports for Members and Senators. PFoS-Newsletter-Summer-A4
The Nationals in government has boosted biosecurity funding by $66.6 million to arrest the threat posed to Australia by the global advance of African swine fever (ASF). Nationals Senator for Victoria and Minister for Agriculture, Bridget McKenzie, said the government’s focus was on keeping ASF out of Australia and the extra funding would put more officers,…