BY Rowan Callick Asia Pacific Editor, Melbourne ANDREW Robb may seem an unlikely saviour of the Abbott government, but the Trade and Investment Minister is shaping the narrative for a Coalition that continues to struggle with its economic message. And he is doing it through the equally unlikely avenue of complex free-trade…
DetailsBY Amanda Hodge South Asia Correspondent, New Delhi TRADE Minister Andrew Robb says he will keep returning to New Delhi this year until negotiations over a free trade agreement with India, the fourth under his tenure, are concluded. Mr Robb finalised a free trade agreement with China last year, as well as deals with…
DetailsPic source: MCAV By TAHLIA MCPHERSON A WEEKEND of rain wasn’t enough to dampen the atmosphere at the Mountain Cattlemen’s annual get together in Mitta. About 4000 people occupied the 28-hectare flat surrounded by bush hill to the north and the Mitta River running to the south for three days of horsemanship, music and mud.…
DetailsPic source: globaltravelwriters.com AT the weekend's Cattlemen's Get Together at Mitta Mitta Mountain Cattlemen's Association president Charlie Lovick called on supporters to pressure the government to improve the level of care for the High Country. He told the crowd they had to accept the reality of the state government's decision to stop cattle grazing in…
DetailsPhoto source: Visit Victoria website By NATALIE KOTSIOS MOUNTAIN cattlemen should be recognised nationally as a “living culture”, Victorian senator Bridget McKenzie says. The Nationals senator, who is attending this weekend’s Mountain Cattlemen Association annual get-together at Mitta, has also vowed to keep lobbying the Victorian Labor government to renew cattle grazing trials in the…
DetailsBY Colin Bettles ALLEGATIONS that Labor misused taxpayer dollars when administering the Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF) have reignited smouldering tensions between the Nationals and former federal independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott. The RDAF was established by the former Labor government in the $10 billion deal for regional Australia, securing the support of…
DetailsBY Rob Harris VICTORIA’s new Labor Government is being urged to allow the completion of a three-year alpine grazing trial. Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has called on new Premier Daniel Andrews not to shut down the trial, which began last year, for political reasons and instead await the results. Victorian Environment Minister Lisa…
DetailsTHE 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…
DetailsLEIGH 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…
DetailsBY 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…
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