Senate Climate Bill Speech – 7 September 2022
https://youtu.be/FvlGR8eREmE
Condolence Motion 28/7/22 – Senator James (Jim) Webster, National Country Party
Vale Senator Jim Webster. My deepest condolences are with Jim loved ones, his four sons and four grandchildren. Thank you for your service Jim.
DetailsRegionalisation National Address – The Cube Wodonga
Senator The Hon Bridget McKenzie Minister for Regionalisation, Regional Communications and Regional Education Forty eight years ago last month, a tall, silver-haired man stood near to the same spot where I stand now and signed an agreement with two state premiers that he envisaged would launch the border towns of Albury Wodonga into a…
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SPEECH: Federal Court ruling supports Nationals push to give forestry industry certainty
Watch here. Senator McKENZIE (Victoria—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (13:47): Today, the drums of democracy are beating loudly for our native forest industry as this week a full bench of the Federal Court upheld the appeal of VicForests against the action by Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum following the years of uncertainty Justice Mortimer’s finding…
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Condolence speech on the Duke of Edinburgh
Watch speech here. Senator McKENZIE (Victoria—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (12:18): As Nationals leader in the Senate, I would like to associate the Nationals senators with the comments from both the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. I think the depth of feeling, the…
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Honouring a giant of the party and Australia
Doug Anthony was a statesman of the highest degree. He represented The Nationals and the people of Richmond for over 26 years and was our longest serving Deputy Prime Minister. He was giant of The National Party and left a lasting positive impact on modern Australia.
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Let’s Make Australia Make Again
Meeting manufacturers and food processors in person and virtually over the months, it’s evident the COVID pandemic has exposed not only our current reliance on other countries but also the need to capitalise on the opportunities we have here in our regions. Here’s a summary of a statement on manufacturing I made to the senate…
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State Premiers Must Act In Good Faith and Common-Sense and Use Evidence Over Politics
Wodonga-based Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie tonight in the senate called on state premiers to act in good faith and common-sense and use evidence over politics at this Friday’s National Cabinet so there’s an agreed definition of COVID hotspots and in determining where they are. This will ideally mean our COVID-free border communities will be able…
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MDB Plan Must Deliver On Its Intent With Focus On Food Production Not Solely The Environment
Today I spoke in the senate on the need to recognise the intent of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, being for production of food and fibre in our farming communities – not a plan solely focused on the environment that’s led to detrimental impacts. The Nationals say: No to a further 450GL for the environment…
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Statement – COVID-19
Senator McKENZIE: As Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, I stand to associate our party with the comments from Senator Cormann, particularly his references to the indiscriminate nature of this virus with regard to its victims—and regional Australia is not immune. It's a crisis that, as Senator Wong so eloquently stated, is something that…
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