I was so encouraged to see farming communities united in their passion and hope for the future, despite a drier season, a higher cost of doing business under Albanese and Allan Labor Governments.
Not only has income tax gone up 26.8 per cent, mortgage repayments are up 41 per cent, gas prices are up 35 per cent, insurance 33 per cent, the cost of bread 18 per cent and rent 15 per cent – to name just a few.
During their destructive three years in office, Labor has failed to fund one mobile black spot in Mallee, which takes in over one third of Victoria.Worse still, they’ve created more black spots in a botched shutdown of the 3G network.
The mood at recent Field Days has been soured by the looming threats to farming from industrial-scale energy projects and mining operations. I will emphasise every time that social licence is paramount.
It was my great pleasure to bring Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Milton Dick, to Wimmera Lutheran College Horsham campus on Monday morning.
During their destructive three years in office, Labor has failed to fund one mobile black spot in Mallee, which takes in over one third of Victoria.
My call to the Federal Minister has been to urge that the Grampians region receives a tourism support package to encourage people to book holidays in the region, and businesses receive support– exactly what Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton
Almond prices have improved of late and the low Aussie dollar is helping our trade prospects. I hope our wine grape export prospects also improve given the huge oversupply and miserable prices for our wine grape growers.
The Coalition’s responsible energy policy will use existing transmission networks, ramping up our use of gas in the energy transition, and including nuclear power at existing grid-connected coal-fired power plant sites as they retire.
