Benham raises alarm over fuel access for funeral services

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The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has questioned Premier Jacinta Allan on whether the Victorian Government will recognise funeral services as an essential service within legislative and emergency planning frameworks. A Mildura funeral home director recently contacted Ms Benham, warning funeral services are not consistently recognised as essential across Australia, creating risks for providers,…

Reopening police stations and delivering more police for Victoria

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Community safety will be restored to the Mildura electorate and across regional Victoria with 3,000 additional Victoria Police officers to be recruited under a Jess Wilson led Liberal and Nationals government. Under Labor, cops are down, but crime is up. Under Labor, our population is growing but our police force is shrinking. Police rosters have more than 1,500 vacancies, and over 40 stations are either closed or operating on reduced hours — including several across…