Member for Mildura Jade Benham is urging locals to make their voices heard at a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into the 2022 floods. She says being heard is just the start on the road to recovery and the campaign to much better prepare the region, and the state, against future flood events. The inquiry will consider…
DetailsMember for Mildura Jade Benham has completed the Starlight Super Swim and in doing so visited 16 pools or lakes around her electorate throughout the course of February. Ms Benham visited the community pool at Werrimull early Tuesday before capping off the fundraiser with a two kilometre swim at Mildura Waves in the afternoon. Prep…
DetailsEligible community organisations are being encouraged to apply for grants in road safety, which have opened recently, by Member for Mildura Jade Benham. “Road safety is an ever-increasing problem particularly across regional Victoria where our rapidly deteriorating roads have seen a concerning increase in road trauma statistics,” Ms Benham said. “While the Andrews Government must…
DetailsMember for Mildura Jade Benham visited Buloke Shire Council and Hopetoun on Monday as part of her commitment to swim in every pool in her municipality for the Starlight Super Swim. Ms Benham has been actively visiting community pools all February, using the opportunity to chat with residents and listen to what matters to them…
DetailsThe announcement last week that Victoria’s duck hunting season will run for five weeks is an insult to hunters across the state. The Andrews Labor Government has continued its stealth shutdown of hunting in Victoria, quietly announcing the 2023 duck hunting season, with a daily bag limit of four birds. The season will run from…
DetailsAs the local Member of Parliament, Jade Benham visited Tyrrell College Sea Lake recently to present captains with their badges. Ms Benham acknowledged and congratulated Lily and Sophie McClelland (captains) and Aydan Smith and Samantha McConville (junior captains) on their appointment during her Members Statement in Parliament on Wednesday. Also, during her visit to the…
DetailsMember for Mildura Jade Benham has called for a common-sense approach to health information sharing, giving people the power to opt-out of having personal details shared among health practitioners. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Ms Benham said while the Health Legislation Amendment would allow easier information sharing, people should not be forced into such a…
DetailsIn her first Parliamentary term, and as Member for Mildura, Jade Benham has been elected Opposition Whip. As Whip, Jade has numerous added duties, including, but not limited to, co-ordinating with the Government on which bill will be debated when, giving advice to the clerks, the Chair and shadow minister at the Table about what…
DetailsMember for Mildura Jade Benham is warning northwest Victoria’s agricultural producers might be the test case for a new cash grab by local shires across regional and rural areas. Ms Benham says a Mildura Rural City Council proposal now in front of its ratepayers could see those producers facing hikes of more than 13 per…
DetailsMEMBER for Mildura Jade Benham has welcomed the announcement by Westpac to delay the closure of 20 regional and suburban branches across four States, including the branch in Robinvale. The closure, planned for May, has been suspended until the outcome of a Senate Inquiry which is examining the impacts on communities that are rural. Jade…
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