The Australian Senate today acknowledged the importance of the NSW coal industry in passing a motion by the Nationals highlighting its reliability and importance in our national energy market and to the people who call the Hunter Valley home. Nationals Senate Leader, Senator McKenzie stated: “The National Party Senators know it will be industry, manufacturing…
Our thoughts are with the workers and their families who will be impacted by Energy Australia’s decision to close the Yallourn Power Station four years early. The Yallourn Power Station has long been a pillar of strength for Victoria and the National Energy Market. It has provided the reliable generation needed to keep energy prices…
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…
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…
In a stunning show of contempt for Australian workers and industry, The Greens this week confirmed in the Senate they were against Australian manufacturing. In opposing a Nationals motion that backs Aussie jobs and manufacturing the Greens suggested growing our economy would be a catastrophe. The Nationals motion supporting manufacturing jobs in regional Australia was…
Regional Australia will lead the country’s post-COVID economic recovery under The Nationals’ ambitious plan to modernise and rejuvenate Australian manufacturing. The Nationals have a strong track record of backing wealth creation, jobs and sustainable industries and manufacturing is key to continuing to do this. The Nationals believe there is an abundance of resources and opportunities…
Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said the Victorian Andrews Labor Government had no excuse for not delivering the Murray Basin Freight Rail project as originally agreed to. The Federal Liberal and Nationals Government today announced a $200.2 million rescue package for the stalled Victorian owned, operated and managed network upgrade. Deputy…
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…
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…
The Andrews Labor Government’s deception of north-west Victorian producers was exposed during Senate Estimates this week when it was forced to release its revised business case for the disastrous overdue and over budget Murray Basin Rail Project. Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie and Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the business…