The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is excited to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Josh Waters, who currently leads the Australian Superbike Championship. Ms Benham recently spoke with Josh as a part of her newly established podcast: ‘Nat Chat – A common sense podcast.’ and upon return to Parliament will launch and chair the…
I have been bursting at the seams with pride and excitement over the recent events that have taken place in our wonderful community recently and wish to acknowledge the organisations and thousands of volunteers who have made them all possible. I was told by one of the balloonists that recently visited for the Big Balloon…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is urging the wider community to nominate one of the many hardworking and dedicated senior volunteers for the upcoming Victorian Senior of the Year Awards. Nominations are now open for the 2024 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards, recognising the senior Victorians who share their skills, experience, time,…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is pleased to confirm the Victorian Community History Awards and Local History Grants Program will once again be open for applications later this year. Ms Benham, along with her Victorian Nationals colleagues across regional Victoria successfully advocated for the continuation of the grants program in 2023. The projects…
Funding of up to $150,000 is now available for Victorian organisations helping communities facing structural barriers to good health as part of health promotion foundation VicHealth’s Growing Healthy Communities grants. Applications are now open from a total funding pool of $4 million for innovative ideas that push the envelope to create better, fairer health outcomes…
First Nations athletes will have more opportunities to compete in the sports they love, with a new grants program aimed at boosting sport participation. Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is encouraging all community sporting clubs to consider applying for the latest round. “All sporting codes in our region have a dynamic participation in all…
Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, was delighted to recently host the Northern Mallee Leaders Study Tour at Parliament House as a part of their 2024 Study trip. The NMLP Melbourne Study Trip is designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the relationship between Regional Victoria and its capital. This year’s trip focuses on key themes…
A Parliamentary inquiry into local government funding and services will begin this week with residents and local councils encouraged to make submissions. Ms Benham said potential cost-shifting issues ranged from waste collection to school crossing attendants, and the repair of regional roads. The Committee will investigate local government funding and service delivery in Victoria, including:…
The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has renewed calls for an urgent meeting with the Minister for Police and Minister for Youth Justice in the wake of new statistics that show crime is spiraling out of control. New data released yesterday shows Recorded Offences are up 8.2 per cent in Mildura for the year…
The Nationals are working on a specialist policy to address the ongoing childcare crisis in regional Victoria. The first step to building this policy involved an analysis summarised in a report titled “Beyond Urban Borders” and investigates access to childcare in regional Victoria using data, community responses, and interviews with local providers. Nationals’ colleague, Member…