Politics
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Coalition pledge on Cohuna childcare
ACCESS to adequate childcare in Cohuna is seemingly one step closer. The Coalition has committed to providing $800,000 worth of funding to the town’s progress…
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MP focused on equality
“I WILL never forget where I came from.” These were the remarks of retiring Northern Victoria MP Mark Gepp when he first entered Parliament in…
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Violence ‘incited’ towards Murray MP
MURRAY MP Helen Dalton says an unidentified male MP who said “he should have got up and clocked her” was inciting violence against her, during…
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No change to Murray Plains
THE electorate of Murray Plains remains unchanged in the latest redistribution of electoral boundaries ahead of the state election. About 21 per cent of voters…
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Labor’s $45m Cohuna aged care pitch
THE Andrews Government has pledged up to $45 million to redevelop the 16-bed public aged care home in Cohuna if re-elected in next month’s state…
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Childcare on MP agenda
MEETING federal ministers to raise issues crucial to the Mallee is part of speaking up for regional Australia and building political relationships, Member for Mallee…
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Childcare crisis raised by Webster to Labor MPs
MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has held talks with various federal Labor ministers to raise “significant” issues affecting the “day-to-day” lives of people in her…
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Farmers anger over tax
FARMERS who live close to country towns are concerned that their financial plans will be destroyed by the new windfall gains tax, according to Murray…
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Parents need answers, says Walsh
MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says his office is “under siege” from exhausted parents asking why they are number 70 on the waiting list…
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Mayor fired up over council’s responsibility
A “CYNICAL, financial sleight-of-hand” is how Murray River Council Mayor Chris Bilkey has described the determination by the NSW Government that local Rural Fire Service…
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Bullying in parliament ‘normal’, says MP
MEMBER for Murray Helen Dalton says she never would have survived being in Parliament if she was “sensitive”, as former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick’s…
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Policy shift cutshealth staff: MP
MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster is deeply concerned that a change in Distribution Priority Area policy will have devastating impacts on regional health care, particularly…
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