A great win for irrigators in basin communities with this week’s announcement that there’ll be a shift to off-farm water recovery projects. And fantastic to discuss it in detail, and what it means for farming communities, with Country Today’s Libby Price. The Victorian Nationals have been pushing for no more water to be taken from…
Great to have a catch up with Kylie and Kev at Radio 2AY and discuss some of the wins we’ve had for our Victorian basin communities and farmers with the Water Minister Keith Pitt in the region. Tune in here: https://bit.ly/2MIEvWQ
Communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin can now apply for a share of $34 million in grants to stimulate job growth and boost economic development under the third round of the Economic Development Program (EDP). Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, Keith Pitt, said the third round of the EDP, which opens from this Wednesday…
On RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly Deep coalition split over climate policy – RN Breakfast – ABC Radio National The Prime Minister’s goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 has been complicated by growing divisions between the coalition parties. Junior partner, the Nationals, say they wont support a target to decarbonise the economy unless…
My piece on Country Party giant Sir John “Black Jack” McEwen in The Australian On this day 53 years ago, prime minister Harold Holt went for a swim at Portsea and didn’t return, resulting in the Country Party’s John McEwen becoming our accidental prime minister. But McEwen, whose statue in Canberra’s parliamentary zone was unveiled…
Nationals Senators have condemned Labor for its blatant snub of Murray Darling Basin communities in an attempt to win favour of Adelaide Greens voters. Instead the Nationals Senate team – Leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie, NSW Senator Perin Davey, NT Senator Sam McMahon and Queensland Senators Susan McDonald and Matt Canavan – moved…
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…
The Government is supporting dairy farmers across Indi to lower their power bills so they can reinvest in their business and employ more people. Through the Government’s Energy Efficient Communities Program, 21 dairy projects across Indi have been awarded grants of up to $20,000. This will help dairy farmers to reduce their energy bills by…
By Aidan Smith 29 Oct 2020 NATIONALS Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has called out Screen Australia during a Senate Estimates hearing for allocating $625,000 of taxpayer funds to a documentary entitled Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge. Ms McKenzie said last week that the documentary, which was aired by the…
Screen Australia has been caught out by Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie for funding $625,000 of taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars to bring down the Australian beef industry. Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge is listed as a documentary on both Screen Australia and the ABC’s websites even though it is factually…