Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie says regional Victorians should not be penalised because of COVID-19 spikes in isolated parts of Melbourne. Senator McKenzie encouraged Victorians not living in Stage 3 Stay at Home restricted postcode areas and the rest of Australia to support regional businesses and tourist operators by visiting and holidaying in regional…
DetailsPeople living in the Rural City of Benalla and Strathbogie Shire will benefit from $2 million in additional Liberal and Nationals Government funding to support community infrastructure and other drought-relief projects through the expanded Drought Communities Program. Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said the Drought Communities Program was helping to keep local economies going…
DetailsMore than 100 regional publishers and broadcasters will receive a share of $50 million to keep Australia’s regional news services operating in 2020-21. Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie congratulates the 92 publishers, 13 radio operators and five television broadcasters who successfully applied to the Public Interest News Gathering (PING) Program. Three applicants were successful…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie says further job and program cuts by ABC management highlights the importance of having a rural and regional voice on the ABC Board. The Government must bring on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Measures) Bill 2019 as a matter of urgency to ensure the ABC has…
DetailsMuch-needed upgrades at the historic Baranduda Scout Hall have been given the green light with confirmation of $250,000 in Federal Government funding for the 1st Baranduda Scout Group. Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie congratulated the 1st Baranduda Scout Group on its successful application. “The Nationals made an election commitment of $250,000 to help this fantastic local…
DetailsVictorian Nationals are united in their fight for fairer water policy for our farming communities, today calling for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to be split and scrapping the Basin Plan’s 450 gigalitres of “up water”. Victorian Nationals Damian Drum, the Federal Member for Nicholls, Anne Webster, the Federal Member for Mallee, Senator for Victoria Bridget…
DetailsThe skills and training needs of industry and business in the regions will be top of mind of the new National Skills Commission with legislation passed in the Senate. The National Party this week moved an amendment to the National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020 ensuring specific focus on regions including improved access, opportunity, skills development…
DetailsThe Nationals Senate team has publicly backed Australia’s world-leading live animal export industry. Today in the Senate, The Nationals supported a motion calling on the Federal Government to rule out appealing the recent Federal Court decision which found the Gillard Labor Government’s 2011 decision to ban live exports was invalid. “It was The National Party…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie welcomes confirmation Wangaratta has been included in an expansion of the Australian Government’s Prostate Cancer Nurses Program. “So many Australian men and their families have had their lives turned upside down by prostate cancer, so I’m very pleased men in Indi and the North East will have the support…
Details• Improvements to FHA access and support commence today • These changes continue the FHA reforms underway since the 2018 FHA Review • FHA reforms will be complete on 1 July 2020 when the Business Income Reconciliation process is removed Further new measures to the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) are now in place, making it…
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