2 FEBUARY 2023 JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Leader of The Nationals in the Senate Senator for Victoria Dr Anne Webster MP Federal Member for Mallee Emma Kealy MP State Member for Lowan Deputy Leader of The Nationals in Victoria Stawell and Horsham suffer…
Saturday 4 February 2023 $4 billion in promised regional funds missing in Labor ‘black hole’ Regional and local communities are missing out on more than $4 billion in promised regional funding as the Albanese Government does a go slow on delivering community programs. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget…
Indi will have access to a significantly more capable NBN network following a $480 million investment by the Liberal and Nationals Government in the 2022-23 Federal Budget. Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the investment in NBN Co’s non-commercial fixed wireless network will significantly improve the…
The Liberal and Nationals Government has provided funding to two local community projects in Ballarat under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program. These projects are receiving a total of more than $2.7 million in support. Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie said an interactive program for local primary school students, as…
The Liberal and Nationals Government has provided funding to three local community projects in Bendigo under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program. These projects are receiving a total of $804,095 in support. Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie said the provision of trauma care workshops, legal assistance, as well as bushfire…
The Liberal and Nationals Government has provided funding to 46 local community projects in the electorate of Indi under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program. These projects across Towong, Alpine, Mansfield, Indigo, Wangaratta and Wodonga are receiving a total of more than $25.4 million in support. Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria, Bridget…
The Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program has been boosted to $390 million to further support communities to recover from the 2019-20 bushfires. Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator Bridget McKenzie, said the Government has now increased the funding for the grants program by an additional $110 million to provide more…
Aged care providers in the electorate of Indi will strengthen their services and create a safer and more comfortable environment for local residents under the latest investment from the Liberal and Nationals Government. The $35.3 million multi-purpose services (MPS) program will see 110 aged care sites benefit from minor capital grant projects averaging $321,000 each.…
18 local projects in North East Victoria have received a share in more than $3.6 million in federal funding. It’s part of the Liberal and Nationals Government’s $20 million Murray–Darling Healthy Rivers Program. These grants will support on-ground action and care for local waterways in the region. Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt said…
Disaster assistance is now available in the local government areas of Mansfield Shire and Wellington Shire that were affected by the Victorian earthquake on 22 September 2021 under the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA). Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie said the DRFA will assist local councils with the…