One-person police stations set to be cut

One-person police stations across Victoria are under threat, with a new proposal seeing one-person police stations being phased out much to the detriment of smaller regional towns. Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, said that this would take yet another essential service away from small country towns. “These small country towns often are too far…

Regional roads continue to crumble

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is concerned no commitment to the Victorian road resurfacing program this financial year is another indictment on the Andrews Government’s continuing financial mismanagement. “We no longer drive on the left side of the road, we drive on what’s left of them.” Victorians are well aware that our roads continue…

Football and netball grants now open

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is encouraging all Football and Netball clubs to apply to for the 2023-24 Country Football and Netball Program grants. Grants of up to $250,000 are available to make more sport infrastructure developments possible including court and oval lighting upgrades, changeroom developments and new pavilions for local clubs and communities.…

Birchip leading food production innovation

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, this week visited Birchip Cropping Group along with the Board of the Grains Research and Development Corporation ahead of their Field Days on September 13. “I have been involved with Birchip Cropping Group in some way shape or form since the late 1990s and have seen this incredible evolution…

Cost of living crisis

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is launching a survey to gain a better understanding of how the cost-of-living crisis is biting regional Victorian household and business budgets. The “Cost of Living Survey” is a series of short questions to help The Nationals learn more about the plight of hardworking regional Victorians to help us…

Provider tender open for AOD

Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, encourages providers to submit their tenders to operate the much-awaited Alcohol and Other Drugs facility. “Although locals will be forced to wait for the opening of the promised Alcohol and Other Drugs Residential Rehabilitation Facility after the Government pushed the project back for completion in 2026 in the last…

Urgent call to help our youth

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is calling on the Minister for Youth Justice to visit Mildura to discuss a collaborative approach to tackling the youth crime issue. Recent data shows youth crime has risen by an alarming 12 per cent in the electorate, impacting on all retailers in the Mildura City Heart and…

Integrity and Oversight Committee hearings begin

Member for Mildura Jade Benham will play a key role in an important inquiry into the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner. Ms Benham is one of seven members of the Victorian Parliament’s Integrity and Oversight Committee, which will meet in Melbourne ahead of Tuesday’s resumption of Parliament. The committee will hold separate public hearings…

Making Victoria’s tax system work

The Victorian Liberals and Nationals have released a discussion paper on tax reform that aims to develop ideas to reduce cost pressures for singles, families, community groups and business. Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, said Victoria’s tax system discourages rather than incentivises investment and job creation in our state and needs to be reformed. “Victoria’s…