Regional Victorian residents continue to wear the real-world cost of the Andrews Labor Government’s financial incompetence as a raft of tax hikes continue to cripple families, businesses and pensioners. A new report released confirms Victorians are paying the highest property taxes in Australia. Victorians will pay $2120 in property taxes per person across 2023-24, compared…
Our students’ futures are being prioritised with the launch of a parliamentary inquiry reviewing Victoria’s state education system. Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is urging everyone to have their say with submissions open now. ‘As legislators, as elected members of parliament, it has been a long time – in fact almost 20 years – since…
Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, this week visited Mildura Station 72 to get a firsthand introduction to all things Fire Rescue Victoria and the demanding roles for which its firefighters are responsible. Ms Benham says from alarm to action is counted in seconds, not minutes. She says the first trucks from the permanently manned…
Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham invited National Party colleagues to cook dinner for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Melbourne’s North Fitzroy. Ronald McDonald Houses in Victoria and Tasmania support more than 2000 families of seriously ill children, as well as high-risk pregnancies requiring medical treatment, predominantly from regional and rural areas.…
Hardworking Victorian families in the Mildura electorate will pay the price of the Andrews Government’s incompetence as several new and increased taxes and charges come in effect from 1 July to start the new financial year, said Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham. Ms Benham said increases will add hundreds of dollars a year to…
Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, completed 3,066 push ups and raised over $1,500 in her team raising much needed funds for Lifeline Loddon Mallee as part of The Push for Better Foundation challenge 2023. All funds raised will go towards mental health and crisis support services, helping to break stigmas and provide hope to…
Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, says the Andrews Labor Government must provide funding certainty for the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS) to encourage more freight on to rail and reinstate the Ballarat corridor. “The drip-feed funding being provided by Labor does not offer the financial certainty required for businesses to commit to send their…
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…
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…
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…
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