Analysis & Comment
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Mallee voters are happy to support emissions cuts
AS the dust settles on last week’s leadership spill, a new Cabinet has been sworn in. It was a crazy week, and I dare say…
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Nationals’ Murray-Darling Basin Plan cuts would hit river
THE dust is still settling from recent attempts to rewrite the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP). Just over a week ago, federal National Party senators attempted…
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Aged-care centres and families get relief at last
AS COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria are easing, restrictions in Sydney are escalating. It is a perfect illustration of the dynamic nature of the pandemic –…
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan needs to be flexible
THIS week The Nationals in Parliament put forward amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in the Senate, then the House of Representatives. My Nationals colleagues…
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Seasonal agriculture work visa a win all round
THIS week in Federal politics, the National Party secured a new seasonal agriculture worker visa. This is something I have been fighting for since being…
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South Australian health rulings create border despair
OVER the past week, as the COVID-19 risk level in Melbourne has decreased, the South Australian Government’s restrictions on cross-border travel have increased. I’m not…
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‘Can do’ club spirit triumphs against tough opposition
THE current state of play for country sport in Victoria can be best summed up by what transpired in the Hampden Football Netball League on…
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Penalties for water breaches have to count
THE issue of water is simultaneously the most complicated and the most simple of all the issues that I deal with as an MP. It…
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Our own comedy of errors
ALP staffer: Right are we all zoomed in? Can you hear us there, Dan? Hope you’re feeling well. Dan Andrews: Morning guys, we all good?…
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Vaccines are the way forward for Mildura community
THE speed of the vaccine rollout is crucially important for the health and economic prosperity of our region going forward, as well as our prospects…
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Floodplain damming rigs water system and hits Murray farmers
WE have one river. One system. And a lot of communities rely on that system. The Murray River can only “give” so much before it…
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Daily Matters: The ride could be over for country shows
LATE last year, Sunraysia Daily broke the story that one of Mildura’s top summer attractions, the AquaCoaster, was at risk of being pulled down, as…