The Corryong agricultural show in Indi is receiving an Australian Government cash boost to help it bounce back bigger and better from COVID-19 cancellations. Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud said the event has been awarded supplementary expense funding totalling $6468 under the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program. A total…
People living and working in Indi can now look forward to new and improved telecommunications services thanks to the Liberal and Nationals Government’s Regional Connectivity Program (RCP). The $90 million program is delivering 81 place-based solutions to digital connectivity issues in the regions, including north-east Victoria, through a range of mobile and broadband services. North-east…
North-east Victorian farmers still feeling the impact of drought will have a further 12 months to apply for funding from the On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme (OFEWIRS) to help build much needed infrastructure to make their properties drought resilient. Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt said farmers will now have until…
Great to catch up with Paul Murray on his program last night especially to talk about the Nationals fight, through my private senators bill, to give much needed certainty to the forestry industry. The bill will clarify legal uncertainty created by a Federal Court ruling last year that threatens Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) around Australia…
BY Tamsin Rose Anti-logging protesters in East Gippsland have been slammed for placing a toddler in danger and using the child as a “political pawn”. Photos obtained by the Herald Sun show a small child wandering alone near heavy forestry machinery on April 9. CFMEU national secretary Michael O’Connor said it was not the first…
Senator McKenzie questions Australia Post’s chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo regarding Australia Post’s history of purchasing lavish gifts (ie cars and tickets to the Olympics) compared to the watches purchased by former CEO Christine Holgate to reward senior executives for securing a Bank@Post deal that ensured the financial sustainability of more than 2500 licensed post offices…
Senator McKenzie questions former CEO Christine regarding the gifting of Cartier watches, confirming she acted within authority. As well as Australia Post services in the regions including the Bank@Post deal which secured the financial sustainability of more than 2500 rural and regional licensed post offices and providing essential services to communities. Watch here.
Caught up with Sky News Australia’s Laura Jayes to discuss the upcoming senate inquiry hearing into the Australia Post and the standing down of CEO Christine Holgate. 2500 licensees, small business owners, the majority of which are in country towns around Australia had a very unfinancially viable future until Christine Holgate came along and negotiate…
Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate will be the star witness at a Senate Inquiry into the purchase of luxury Cartier watches for executives who landed a lucrative deal for regional post offices. Senator McKenzie speaks to Radio National’s Fran Kelly about the inquiry including the watches gifted to senior executives that “pale into insignificance”…
Joining Sky News’ Laura Jayes on AM Agenda to discuss the plight of our agricultural industries from fruit growers to abattoirs from the shortage of labour. While the NSW government today threw a lifeline in offering to foot half the quarantine cost for overseas farm workers, the Victorian Labor government’s dragged the chain to the…