The Albanese Labor Government has thrown hopes for doctor training in Mildura, denying a local bid for additional Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) with La Trobe and Monash Universities. The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham said it is disappointing for Mildura to miss out on this opportunity. “I’m devastated. At a time when our state…
Five CFA brigades across the Mildura Electorate will receive funding under the latest round of the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program (VESEP). Member for Mildura, Jade Benham said it was important local emergency services were well equipped, particularly given the predicted increased grass fire risk forecast for this summer. “These grants will allow brigades to…
The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, this week attended Beyond Bricks & Mortar Housing Summit 2023 focusing on building solutions together. There is a shortage of all sorts of housing across most rural areas of Victoria. The aim for the Summit was to address these issues through a forum of information sharing, exploring local…
Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham this week asked that the Minister commit to formally reinstate the allocation of recreational water to the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline. Supplied waterbodies (Wimmera Mallee Lakes Alliance) must have access to the high security level which was committed and agreed during the commissioning of the pipeline. The Wimmera Mallee Pipeline…
The Labor Government has cut $230 million from road safety programs across the past two years at the same time it failed on its own targets to fix the road network, a Parliamentary inquiry heard. Evidence revealed that $150 million was cut from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) funded Safer System Road Infrastructure Program. In…
The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, was proud to join other Members of The Nationals at Parliament during the week to call out the hoax that is the SEC, re-branding the State Electricity Commission “Soaring Energy Costs”. MPs wore branded hats, which were the brain-child of The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, who…
Overgrown roadside vegetation must be addressed as a matter of safety and the impending summer bushfire season approaches. Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, said she has received a number of complaints from residents across the region calling for roadside maintenance and slashing to be undertaken. “What we need is the Labor Government to commit…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is calling on the Minister for Water for clarity on the responsibility of urban & rural levee banks along the Murray and Avoca River. “I have met with councils across the region, and between state departments and local government it’s not always clear who pays for what, and…
The incompetence of the Labor Government is again on full display just days before its new public drunkenness laws are due to come into effect. It follows revelations that the first sobering-up centre in the state won’t be ready and will also be stretched to capacity when public drunkenness is decriminalised from Melbourne Cup Day…
Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, says the biggest emergency facing her region’s first responders is rundown facilities and equipment way beyond its use-by date. The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is calling on the Minister for Emergency Services to update our region on when vital upgrades will be completed. Ms Benham met with…