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October 21, 2020
Senate Estimates exposes Victorian Labor’s Murray Basin Rail Project deception

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

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October 7, 2020
The 2020-21 Federal Budget – all about jobs

The 2020 Federal Budget sets out a clear plan for the economic recovery of Australia – confidently driven by a positive outlook for rural Australia – in the wake of a year that has so far delivered drought, floods, fires and a global pandemic

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September 29, 2020
Bridges and Heavy Vehicle Safety Funding flows to Mallee

BRIDGES AND HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY FUNDING FLOWS TO MALLEE Twenty projects across Mallee will receive a share of more than $290 million in Australian Government funding under Round 5 of the Bridges Renewal Program (BRP) and Round 7 of the Heavy

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September 7, 2020
Minister Keith Pitt address to the NSW Farm Writers Association – 04/09/2020

Murray-Darling Basin reform 4 September 2020 Thank you very much to everyone who has logged on to hear these announcements today. It is a great privilege to address you all today to outline a new chapter in the management of our most important

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September 7, 2020
Regional Roadmap an Afterthought

Federal Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, has today slammed Premier Andrew’s decision to class the entirety of regional Victoria as a single unit as ‘beyond belief’. “The fact that Premier Andrews had to return to the podium to address regional

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September 4, 2020
Border Fight Continues – Column 04/09/2020

The decision by the NSW Government to enact a new border region is welcome, making daily life easier, especially for those who were only just excluded from the previous bubble. For example, those living in Koorlong, Quambatook, Manangatang and

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September 4, 2020
Delivering for Mallee Basin communities

Today’s Murray–Darling Communities Investment Package means an overhaul of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. A $230 million investment in regional communities, which will create jobs, economic activity and healthy rivers. Minister for Resources

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September 3, 2020
Webster welcomes NSW-Vic border break-through

Federal Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, has welcomed a NSW Government decision to extensively revise its COVID-19 border-control rules from Friday morning, enabling local residents to routinely cross the border. “This will mean that the bulk

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August 31, 2020
Border communities are not a virus threat to cities

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s declaration on Friday – that he will introduce a Commonwealth definition for the term ‘Hotspot’ and that he would press state governments to adopt it – is welcome news in border communities like the ones I

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