Donald booming with nationwide manufacturing

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, this week visited Donald on an electorate tour with Member for Northern Victoria, Gaelle Broad MP. “Donald is a small town with a huge heart and an even bigger manufacturing sector, which has the potential to get even bigger,” Ms Benham said. Australian Eatwell is one of the…

Clontarf Academy leading the way for youth

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, says the Clontarf Academy in Mildura & Robinvale produce incredible outcomes but funding has not increased since inception of the Foundation in 2010. Ms Benham says Clontarf Foundation is one of the success stories for engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys across the nation and the results speak…

Pharmacists a critical link in healthcare chain

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, says legislation, the medical profession and wider community need to recognise pharmacists are “an increasingly critical link in the primary healthcare chain”. Speaking in Parliament to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances amendment, highlighting the importance of clear regulation changes, Ms Benham says while she is not a medical…

Parents and children suffer under broken promise

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is urging the Premier to deliver on his promise to provide long day-care for Charlton. The community of Charlton is suffering under the negligence of the Andrews Labor Government to deliver an operational childcare service. “Families are suffering and are unable to work due to there being no…

Budget holes, crumble roads

“We don’t drive on the left side of the road, we drive on what’s left of them”. That is the strong message from the The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, after more roads funding cuts in a brutal State Budget. Road maintenance funding has been slashed by 25 per cent from 2022 to 2023.…

Regional Victoria rip-off

The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham says regional Victorians must be given their fair share in the upcoming budget. Ms Benham says regional Victorians received 13 per cent of new infrastructure in last year’s state budget, despite accounting for 25 percent of Victoria’s population. “I would call it regional discrimination,” Ms Benham says. “The…