MEDIA RELEASE – 7 NOVEMBER 2022 – GOVERNMENT FINALLY ADMITS REGIONAL CUTS

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7 November 2022 GOVERNMENT FINALLY ADMITS REGIONAL CUTS This morning, in evidence before the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee’s Estimates hearing, officials from Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications admitted that Labor has cut $1.2 billion in regional infrastructure funding. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget McKenzie…

MEDIA RELEASE – 28 OCTOBER 2022 – REGIONAL FUNDING CUTS CONFIRMED UNDER SENATE SCRUTINY

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28 October 2022   REGIONAL FUNDING CUTS CONFIRMED UNDER SENATE SCRUTINY  The Albanese Government has refused to deny to a Senate Estimates Committee hearing today regional Australians would suffer a more than $10 billion hit following Tuesday’s Budget cuts to infrastructure spending.  Senator Bridget McKenzie said the Albanese Government had all but confirmed that the…

ABC RURAL: North Korea highlighted as emerging market by Australian Wool Innovation

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(*Watch estimates exchange between Senator McKenzie and AWI CEO Stuart McCullough here.) By national rural reporter Kath Sullivan Australia’s major wool research and marketing body has been forced to back down after identifying North Korea as an emerging market for Australian producers in a strategic document. The taxpayer and farmer-funded Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) listed the rogue…