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Meet Mallee’s Federal candidates

We gave all Mallee candidates the final call on why voters should elect them to Federal Parliament on Saturday. Nicole RowanGreensIN a wealthy country like Australia, everyone should be able to afford the basics like a home, food and access to world...

29 Apr 2025
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Shire feels funding pinch

GANNAWARRA Shire says it’s battling hard for every extra dollar from state and federal funding. At a meeting last week with Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh, the shire explained how a 50 per cent cut in available federal funding for regional and...

26 Apr 2025
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Seventeen on the ballot across Mallee and Farrer

EIGHT candidates will be contesting the seat of Mallee at this year’s Federal Election, and the ballot order has been determined. Drawing the top of the ticket is Greens candidate Nicole Rowan, ahead of incumbent Nationals MP Anne Webster in second...

16 Apr 2025
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Walsh laments Commonwealth Games loss

PREMIER Jacinta Allan should put Elton John on her playlist, says Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. It comes as Mr Walsh spoke in Parliament on Wednesday about the money the Victorian State Government paid not to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games...

10 Apr 2025
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Murray MP warns against 5G

MEMBER for Murray Helen Dalton has warned 5G will cost lives in the bush. Mrs Dalton said it’s only a matter of time before someone in rural NSW dies because they can’t get through to 000 following the rollout of the 5G network. “5G just doesn’t...

09 Apr 2025
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Dutton is better at securing deal

AUSTRALIAN farmers are coming to terms with the Trump Administration’s Wednesday, April 2, tariffs on Australian goods, following a 25 per cent tariff on Aussie steel and aluminium entering the US. As the US applies global tariffs on goods...

05 Apr 2025
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Emergency levy to fund bureaucrats, says Walsh

MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says there is “no fairness or equity” with the expanded fire services levy, which now incorporates more emergency service agencies in Victoria.“It is not an emergency services tax, it is actually a tax to fund...

04 Apr 2025
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Election challengers face tough task

CHALLENGERS to the Coalition-held seats of Mallee and Farrer face one of the toughest tasks in federal politics ahead of the May 3 election. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ended months of speculation on Friday when he announced the...

01 Apr 2025
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Budget ‘an election trick’

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has slammed the Federal Budget, saying it falls short on roads funding, health and cost-of-living pressures.“This is a tricky Budget from a tricky government that seeks to deflect blame for rivers of red ink while...

01 Apr 2025
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Taxpayers to get $10 a week cut

TAXPAYERS are being promised $10 a week of relief in a pre-election sweetener, as Jim Chalmers lays out the economic case for a second term of a Labor Government. In his fourth Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday night, weeks before...

01 Apr 2025
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Government ‘dismissive’ of council

THE Victorian Government has been accused of being “dismissive and condescending” of Mildura Rural City Council’s concerns following a statewide electoral structure review that saw last year’s council election split into nine single-councillor...

31 Mar 2025
Farming and Environment

Black swan death claim as Purcell blasts duck hunting

A BLACK swan was killed on the opening day of the duck hunting season, according to Member for Northern Victoria Georgie Purcell.“Labor’s shameful duck slaughter commences today, and only hours into the season a black swan has already been killed...

25 Mar 2025
Farming and Environment

Season firewood options lacking

THE Victorian Government has been slammed over a lack of firewood collection points in northern Victoria. Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell claimed the government failed to establish additional firewood collection points in many local...

18 Mar 2025
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Lahy flies flag for federal election

LAKE Boga landscape gardener Chris Lahy will again “fly the flag” for the Australian Citizens Party at the upcoming federal election. The father-of-five said ever since he “joined the throng of politicking”, he had put himself forward as a candidate...

13 Mar 2025
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Minister Tierney reveals water buyback ‘disquiet’

THE Victorian Government has doubled down on its opposition to federal water buybacks, saying they have “significant consequences” for regional communities. Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell asked Water Minister Gayle Tierney in...

13 Mar 2025
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Reckless spending niggling at your pay packet

IF you’re struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, you might not have realised the federal rabbit nibbling away at your pay packet. Under the Albanese Labor Government, income tax has surged. Australian taxpayers are paying a whopping 26.8 per...

08 Mar 2025
Farming and Environment

Irrigators outraged over latest water tender

THE Federal Government’s second water buyback tender in the southern Murray-Darling Basin has been met with a flood of anger from irrigators. The government this week opened tenders for water holders willing to sell another 100 billion litres this...

04 Mar 2025