The 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…
DetailsVictorian Government-commissioned economic modelling has confirmed that Julia Gillard’s carbon tax will be bad for Victoria and cost thousands of jobs across the State. The Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, said this today following a State Government survey across 80 Local Government regions. “This economic analysis has confirmed that the Labor-Greens carbon tax will…
DetailsThe Nationals have been relentless in demanding the government make changes to independent youth allowance. Senator Bridget McKenzie recognises that the government has “finally done the right thing by treating regional students the same, regardless of where they live.” As a result of the pressure from The Nationals, the government has announced changes allowing students…
DetailsOne of Victoria’s newest Senators, Bridget McKenzie, paid her first official visit to Castlemaine last week. The Senator concluded that Castlemaine has good food, is the administrative centre for a well-run Shire and home to big-hearted people after a luncheon meeting at Togs with Mayor Janet Cropley, a tour of Windarring and meetings with the…
DetailsSenator Bridget McKenzie will spend Friday afternoon with carers from Brainlink at the ‘Changed Lives’ carer’s workshop in Traralgon where she will welcome the Productivity Commission’s report into Disability Care and Support and discuss it’s potential. Brainlink is a community based care and education organisation that focuses on the effect of acquired brain disorders. The…
DetailsToday’s news that an Australia-bound apple consignment contained disease threats shows the Australian Government should have heeded warnings from Victoria’s apple and pear growers. The Nationals’ Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, said this after news broke that a consignment of New Zealand apples contained leaf trash and a leaf curling midge. “The Federal Government and…
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