National’s Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie today welcomed changes at the ABC which will bring a new emphasis on regional and local content. “The new internal structure of ABC creative teams will reduce overlap between abc staff covering the same issue for multiple programs and platforms. “i am particularly delighted that one of the main…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie today applauded the release of the Hammond Report into Cooperatives, Mutuals and Member-owned Firms and the Government’s agreement to each of its 11 recommendations. Speaking at the release of the report in Sydney with Treasurer Scott Morrison, Senator McKenzie said the report and the government’s action provides the certainty…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria and Chair of the Senate Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Sub Committee, Bridget McKenzie said talks in Sydney have reaffirmed the importance of trade between Australia and the European Union. Senator McKenzie said two-way trade between Australia and the European Union is worth $98 billion dollars while…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie today welcomed new legislative reforms to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Act introduced in the Senate. “These are great news for regional areas as they enhance the ABC’s commitment to rural and regional Australia and require its news services to be fair and balanced. “The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie said today the new national energy guarantee package announced by the Government today will give significant relief to high electricity users in Victoria. “Dairy farmers have told me of the increasing strain they are experiencing through ther increasing cost of electricity used to operate their farms and particularly irrigation.…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said she is delighted at the turnout in Bendigo today for a forum as part of an independent review into regional, rural and remote education in Australia. “It was great to have the depth of discussion at the Capital Theatre on a range of issues relative to education in…
DetailsA new study into decentralisation, commissioned by the Page Research Centre, has found a shortage of detailed research into decentralisation and the most effective methods used to attract people to move from the capital cities into regional areas. Conducted by the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research at the University of Adelaide, the study…
DetailsNationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie today welcomed the government’s media reform package as a big boost for regional media coverage, jobs in country areas and localism in media. The funding grants could allocate grants to programs and initiatives such as the purchasing or upgrading of equipment and software, training, development of apps and business…
DetailsA Senate Committee Report into the Red Meat Industry has made a series of recommendations following concerns about a culture of collusion at cattle saleyards. In its report, the committee said it shared the concerns of stakeholders, particularly producers in relation to a number of saleyard practices, including the behaviour of commission buyers. The purpose…
DetailsNationals Senator for Bendigo, Bridget McKenzie today slammed Lisa Chesters for her ill-informed rhetoric on the Bendigo jobs market. Here are the facts that Lisa Chesters conveniently ignored: There are a total of 7,700 businesses in Bendigo of which 97% are categorised as small business,with a staff of 20 or less.3,659 people work in Bendigo…
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