The Government has today forced the Senate to cut short debate on the carbon tax legislation, reducing the time available for Senators to speak to the carbon tax bills. Joining forces with the Greens, the Government rammed through an amendment to the sitting schedule that means the legislation will now be brought to a vote…
DetailsWarren King, acting CEO of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), last night confirmed to Senator Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senator for Victoria, that the long delayed decision on Defence’s LAND 121 Phase 4 program will not be made before 2012. During last night’s supplementary Senate Estimates hearings, Mr King responded to a question from Senator McKenzie…
DetailsVictorian Nationals Senator, Bridget McKenzie questioned the distribution of almost $1 billion by the Regional Development Australia Fund in Senate estimate hearings last night and asked specifically about its decision not to fund a critically needed job creation application from the Latrobe Valley. The Government allocated almost $1 billion to the RDAF to support the…
DetailsOne month before the planned release of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan, the Labor government has not been able to give the Senate any details of plans to consult on the draft plan, said Senator Bridget McKenzie, Senator for Victoria. “It’s extremely concerning that at this late hour, Labor doesn’t even have a plan for…
DetailsThe signing of the Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project stage two agreement at Tatura this week by Victorian Water, Agriculture and Food Security Minister, Peter Walsh and Federal Water and Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has been welcomed by The Nationals Member for Murray Valley, Tim McCurdy and by Victorian Senator, Bridget McKenzie. Mr McCurdy said…
DetailsThe Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, is seeking bi-partisan support to get promised funds to farmers who have sold up under the Federal Government’s stalled Farm Exit Grant Scheme. Senator McKenzie said it is imperative that she is able to bring cases of real hardship to the attention of the Minister. “This is particularly in…
DetailsCanberra’s carbon tax will cripple the household budgets of dairy farming families, and give overseas competitors an unfair advantage over Victoria’s major exporter of foodstuffs. Bridget McKenzie, the Nationals Senator for Victoria, said this after touring Murray Goulburn’s Global Distribution Centre at Port Melbourne with the Nationals’ leader, Warren Truss. “The carbon tax will cost…
DetailsThe Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, and the Hon Warren Truss MP, Leader of The Nationals, will meet with groups from across Victoria today and Friday to discuss regional transport and carbon tax issues. After touring Murray Goulburn Cooperative’s Logistics Centre this afternoon, they will be joined early tomorrow by Senator Michael Ronaldson in…
DetailsSmaller towns have lost out to Labor’s political ambitions in the fight for funds for regional development projects, according to the Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie. She says the latest round of grants from the Regional Development Australia Fund shows a clear bias towards marginal Labor seats at the expense of regional towns and…
DetailsThe Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, has called on the Federal Government to financially support Surf Lifesaving Australia’s a research program, which is designed to further reduce drowning deaths in Australia. Senator McKenzie teamed up with Senators from Queensland, NSW and Victoria, to introduce a joint motion to Parliament for more support for the…
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