“The morning after Victorian Labor rammed through draconian powers imposing fines of up to $8,000 for farmers refusing to allow TCV on their farms to build VNI West, the Prime Minister had the nerve to tell the Summit farmers deserve respect."

Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong have bloomed thanks to their proximity to Melbourne and the largesse of a Victorian Labor Government that cynically apportions taxpayer money (well, future debt actually) for political gain.

“The decision to suspend duty-free status for certain shipments is due to the on-going tariff dispute and could have massive economic impacts on Australian businesses," Dr Webster said.

I notice the motion doesn't quote the line parroted by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy that renewables are the cheapest form of energy. No, now it's the bubblegum phrase 'the better future Australians voted for'.

For more than three years now the Prime Minister has repeated the mantra 'nobody held back, nobody left behind'. But Wendy has been utterly left behind by the combination of state and federal Labor governments in regional Victoria.

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The Federal Government’s announcement of $8 million in funding for the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital’s Research and Education Campus is a welcome step for wildlife conservation – albeit one that has taken far too long.