Whether it’s the crumbling roads and their undulations and potholes, or the lack of investment in regional health services, the 3 May election is crucial for regional Australia.
A Coalition Government will direct 80 per cent of commodity revenue windfalls into two new Future Funds to pay down Labor’s $1.2 trillion debt bill and fund investments in regional Australia.
“The Coalition will back our farming and resources sectors by investing $600 million nationwide in agricultural and mining roads critical to getting product to domestic and export markets,” Dr Webster said.
“I am horrified to hear from businesses in unison at a forum I organised yesterday that none of them have received Labor’s $5,000 Business Bushfire Recovery Grants
As the US applies global tariffs on goods entering the USA, US trade officials appear to forget that the USA has a trade surplus with Australia. Australia’s exports to the US stand at $16.7 billion US dollars, but the US sends more than double.
The Albanese Government’s cruel approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra last week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week.
So, we have a vastly different approach than the Labor governments, both at federal and state level.
A household with one vehicle filling up once a week will save around $14 a week – an average benefit of around $700-750 over 12 months (based on a 55-litre tank).
How on earth can a struggling regional aged care provider apply for funding today, the day the initiative was announced, pulling together all their supporting information and material, for funding they desperately need for survival?
