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,…
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…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham MP, has slammed the worsening pressure on ambulance services across regional Victoria, revealing that taxis are being used to transport patients in a system that is unable to cope with demand. Ms Benham said communities across the Mildura electorate are being left to deal with the consequences of…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is urging local residents, farmers, and community groups to have their say as part of the current public consultation on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. “This is a real opportunity for our communities to have their voices heard on decisions that affect the future of our region,” Ms Benham…
Communities throughout the Mildura electorate are feeling increasingly uneasy as crime continues to affect daily life, The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, told Parliament this week. “People in our region are proud and resilient, but right now they are feeling unsafe in their own communities,” Ms Benham said. Small business owners are dealing with…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, says the Cladding Safety Victoria Repeal Bill 2026 marks an opportunity to refocus attention on one of the most pressing challenges facing regional Victoria: housing supply. Speaking in Parliament on the Bill, Ms Benham highlighted how the repeal could allow governments to focus on unlocking housing for communities…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, recently had the pleasure of meeting and enjoying lunch with the newly appointed Ambassador of Italy to Australia, His Excellency Nicola Lener, and Consul General Chiara Mauri. Ms Benham, who proudly spoke about her Italian heritage during the meeting, joked that she was “the Calabrese peasant in a…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has slammed the Premier, Jacinta Allan, over the failings of Victoria’s bail system, in Question Time this week. Late last year, a 21-year-old allegedly stabbed two retail workers with a syringe during a 10-day crime spree in Mildura. She was charged and released on bail. After breaching bail,…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has criticised the Allan Labor Government’s spin on Victoria’s cost of living crisis, saying it shows just how out of touch the government has become. Ms Benham was speaking in Parliament in response to the Allan Labor Government’s Matter of Public Importance, which claimed Victorian families are under…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham recently participated in the Sunraysia Lifeline Project ride. The highly successful event raised just under $25,000 for mental health services while uniting the community in a shared commitment to mental health and wellbeing. Traveling from Bunnings Mildura to Robinvale, the ride brought together a record 192 attendees whose…