The Nationals have facilitated a solution to ensure the safe transportation of firearms, after a decision by some commercial carriers left dealers and wholesalers without options to ship their goods. Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie and Senator Dr Sam McMahon hosted a meeting with Australia Post and national firearms industry representatives in August, with the…
The Nationals continue to stand-up for the Australian firearms industry, this time after U.S. owned courier group, FedEx Express-TNT announced back in July it will no longer freight legal firearms in Australia. Prior to the announcement, TNT was the leading transporter of firearms in the country for several decades. In response, a roundtable for direct…
It was great speaking to Alan Jones on Sky News about net zero emissions. The National Party of Australia, as the second party in this Coalition government, has not signed up to net-zero anything at any time. We will not sacrifice reliable energy and jobs. We’ll take a lot of convincing that that is actually…
Regional Victorian communities hard hit by COVID, drought and bushfires yet playing a key part in Australia’s economic recovery are being backed, and thanked, in the federal Budget, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said. A wide range of funding programs and measures were announced in the Budget focused on jobs, skills and training; backing business and…
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…
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…
The Victorian Government’s business case for the stalled Murray Basin Rail Project must be released publicly as a matter of urgency to allow industry to review the revised options. Victorian Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie and Nationals Member for Mallee Anne Webster said Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications…