Politics

MEMBER for Farrer Sussan Ley has dismissed concerns that the Federal Government’s Water for Fodder program will be exploited. And Water Resources Minister David Littleproud…

THE NSW Water Minister has confirmed the state has received legal clearance to walk away from the Murray-Darling Basin Plan if it chooses to do…

THE Federal Labor Opposition has established an inquiry into temporary migration to investigate its impact on Australia’s economy, wages and jobs, social cohesion and workplace…

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster says she remains committed to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) despite claims a National Party proposal to take environmental water…

MEMBER for Murray Helen Dalton believes “we will know by March next year” whether this week’s Canberra protest by farmers will yield results. Sunraysia growers…

A PROPOSAL by three National Party MPs, including Member for Mallee Anne Webster, for environmental water to be released for consumptive use is doomed to…

EDUCATION Minister James Merlino saw first hand how far $1.8 million in funding goes when he toured Mildura West Primary School on Thursday. Together with…

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has accused the Victorian Government of “appalling mismanagement” of the Murray Basin Rail Project. During a constituency statement in Federal…

THE Federal Government’s Water for Fodder program is an example of reactionary policy-making and will be exploited, a Sunraysia irrigator has warned. The program, part…

THE Mildura and District ALP branch has a new president and plan of attack for the next 12 months. Jenny Gibbons joined Labor in 1976 and was…

THE failures of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan need to be fixed “as soon as tomorrow”, according to Sunraysia Citrus Growers chairman Kevin Cock. Mr Cock…

SUNRAYSIA growers are confident their concerns over the health of the Murray River will be heard when they converge on Federal Parliament next week. Growers…