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Councils push for more essential worker housing

THE peek lobby group for New South Wales councils has called for urgent action to increase the supply of affordable housing for essential workers and that solitons be tailored to local communities. Local Government NSW president and Mayor of Forbes...

20 hours ago
Politics

Invites for say on regional housing supply woes

PEOPLE are invited to make submissions about regional housing supply to a Parliament of Victoria inquiry, with the MPs to report in December. The Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee is investigating potential reform needed in the...

09 Feb 2025
Politics

NSW councils push for PFAS funds

LOBBY group Local Government New South Wales is seeking extra funding for municipalities in that state to monitor the levels of “forever chemicals” in local water supplies. At the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

08 Feb 2025
Politics

Rail crossings raised in Parliament

LOCAL MP Jade Benham has queried the Victorian Government in State Parliament about three “overlooked” Mildura rail level crossings, saying they are in need of safety upgrades. The Sunraysia Daily reported last month rail level crossings without...

08 Feb 2025
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13 Feb 2020
News

Activity test a barrier, says group

A SPECIALIST child development service has weighed into the childcare policy debate ahead of the Federal Election, saying Labor’s three-day-a-week guarantee will help rural families. Royal Far West, which provides developmental support for children...

07 Feb 2025
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Politics

Mildura misses out on Federal grants

MOST councils in the Mallee electorate have had no priority infrastructure funding from Federal Government grant programs since the election. Only four infrastructure projects in Mallee have been supported through either the $600...

03 Feb 2025
Politics

Childcare deserts a focus for Webster

LOCAL Federal MP Anne Webster says “more needs to be spent” as the Coalition weighs its childcare policy ahead of this year’s election. Federal Member for Farrer and shadow minister for women Sussan Ley last month said the Opposition was still...

01 Feb 2025
Opinion

Blame game back on

HERE we go again. The blame game’s back on. On the radio airwaves last week, Premier Jacinta Allan once again blamed floods for the shocking state of our regional roads. Driving around regional Victoria last week, I was genuinely shocked – again...

01 Feb 2025
Opinion

Pre-election pitch

AUSTRALIA is at a turning point. Sunraysia residents and their fellow Australians cannot afford to continue down the current path. Families and pensioners are struggling to make ends meet. Mallee residents...

01 Feb 2025
Travel

Sky high lifeline for Rex Airlines

A LOCAL Federal MP has backed the acquisition of $50 million of debt owed by under-administration airline Rex by the Federal Government from the airline’s largest creditor, PAGAC Regulus Holdings Limited. Regional Express Holdings Limited, as well as...

27 Jan 2025
Politics

CWA backs universal childcare

THE Country Women’s Association of New South Wales has thrown its political support behind a call for universal access to early learning and care in this Federal Election year. A CWA media release said the cost of early years childcare was...

24 Jan 2025
News

Bridge bypass petition goes over 1k signatures

LOCAL Federal MP Anne Webster has met with stakeholders in a Sunraysia rail freight upgrade as she said she would “fight for the funding” at this year’s Federal Election for a new bridge and bypass for Mildura. The declaration comes as Dr Webster’s...

24 Jan 2025
Farming and Environment

‘Green tape’ claim rejected

THE Federal Government has responded to a claim by a senior NSW Farmers figure that it plans to “slather rolls of green tape across food production” to meet climate goals, saying there would be no agriculture-specific emissions reductions...

19 Jan 2025
News

MP seeks overrule on citizenship date

COUNCILS should lose the right to choose which date Australia Day citizenship ceremonies are held, Mallee MP Anne Webster says, despite concerns the call would be “imposed upon” local decision makers. Mildura Council, along with two other councils in...

18 Jan 2025
News

Treaty talking points revealed

THE discussion topics for treaty negotiations in Victoria were revealed on Monday. The Victorian Government and the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria have set the parameters for the first round of negotiations, after more than a decade of...

16 Jan 2025
Politics

Murray MP’s plan to save rivers

MEMBER for Murray Helen Dalton unveiled a seven-step plan that she says will “finally fix the Murray-Darling Basin,“ and at the same time accused government of failing to manage the river system effectively. Ms Dalton said...

10 Jan 2025