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Governments called to address disadvantage

A GROUP representing the interests of 16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Far West New South Wales has called for a structural response to education, training, employment and economic disadvantage among Aboriginal people. The...

09 Mar 2025
Politics

Crossings, coal focus for Finn’s federal tilt

A NEW bridge for Mildura and embracing Australia’s abundance in coal are priorities for Family First’s Bernie Finn going into this year’s Federal Election. The former Victorian state Liberal MP was expelled from the party in 2022 and has since had...

09 Mar 2025
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Speaker makes historic visit

SPEAKER of the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives, Milton Dick, visited several schools in the Mallee electorate last week, as part of his last educational visit for the Parliamentary term. Stopping by schools at Horsham, Birchip...

03 Mar 2025
Politics

Milthorpe on the hustings in Wentworth

INDEPENDENT candidate for Farrer Michelle Milthorpe has hit back at an assertion by a Liberal Party Senator...

02 Mar 2025
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13 Feb 2020
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Women lead at local ALP branch

THE Mildura and District Australian Labor Party Branch has made history by appointing its first female majority executive team.

03 Mar 2025
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State to crack whip on councils over housing targets

LOCAL councils in Victoria will be stripped of planning powers unless they follow an ambitious plan to build 2.24 million new homes by 2051. With Australia in the grips of a housing crisis, the Victorian Government has unveiled its final housing...

26 Feb 2025
Politics

Webster responds to office criticism

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has pushed back on an ABC report that delved into her use of satellite office funding for a billboard-style advertisement. The report from last Wednesday revealed Dr Webster was using up to $24,852 of available taxpayer...

21 Feb 2025
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Non-voters on notice

NEARLY 530,000 Victorians who did not vote in last year’s local government elections will soon receive a letter giving them a chance to explain why. Known as an apparent failure to vote notice, the document isn’t a fine is not a fine, but those who...

19 Feb 2025
Politics

Fixing the Basin isnt complicated

IT just takes common sense, Here’s how we do it:Step 1: Stop water buybacks. It was once illegal for the Federal Government to buy water from the Murray-Darling Basin if it hurt rural communities. But Labor...

15 Feb 2025
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Webster questions housing funding

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has requested the Australian National Audit Office assess the probity and neutrality of the Federal Government’s Housing Support Program. The program has two competitive funding streams, where local, State and Territory...

14 Feb 2025
Politics

MP condemns anti-Israel graffiti

MEMBER for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has spoken out against anti-Israel graffiti spray-painted on a public stage at Red Cliffs. The vandalism referred to the Middle Eastern country as “Nazi” and “evil.“Dr Webster condemned the act as antisemitic and...

13 Feb 2025
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Fed’s money welcomed

A RECENT announcement of additional Federal funding for men’s early intervention services has been welcomed by the team at the Mallee Accommodation and Support Program. MASP Acting CEO Charmaine Calis said early intervention practices in family...

13 Feb 2025
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Families in regions need extra help

MALLEE Family Care has called for the Federal Government to reform family and children’s programs, to better serve regional communities. In its submission to the Department of Social Services’ review of Family and Children programs, MFC called for...

11 Feb 2025
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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...

10 Feb 2025
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