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…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham is encouraging local students to enter the annual 2023 Parliament Prize competition. “Entries are now open for students in Years 5 – 12 for this year’s Parliamentary Prize. This year, students are being asked what they would say to Parliament if they were an MP,” said Ms Benham.…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is urging the Premier to deliver on his promise to provide long day-care for Charlton. The community of Charlton is suffering under the negligence of the Andrews Labor Government to deliver an operational childcare service. “Families are suffering and are unable to work due to there being no…
“We don’t drive on the left side of the road, we drive on what’s left of them”. That is the strong message from the The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, after more roads funding cuts in a brutal State Budget. Road maintenance funding has been slashed by 25 per cent from 2022 to 2023.…
The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham is extremely disappointed that the building of a much-needed facility has been pushed back in a brutal State Budget. Locals will be forced to wait for the opening of the promised Alcohol and Other Drugs Residential Rehabilitation Facility. “Labor, who committed $36 million for the Alcohol and Other…
The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham has congratulated the Murrayville community on its acquisition of a new, all-wheel drive stretcher ambulance service. Ms Benham visited the Murrayville community in February when she was completing the Starlight Superswim around her electorate. She says she was “stunned” when it was explained to her the town’s only…
The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham says regional Victorians must be given their fair share in the upcoming budget. Ms Benham says regional Victorians received 13 per cent of new infrastructure in last year’s state budget, despite accounting for 25 percent of Victoria’s population. “I would call it regional discrimination,” Ms Benham says. “The…
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 recent crime figures. Recent data shows that youth crime has risen by an alarming per cent in the electorate, impacting on all retailers in the Mildura City Heart and beyond.…
The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham is celebrating with the Robinvale community that it will not be losing its Westpac branch. The bank had planned to close this month and had been suspended until the outcome of a Senate Inquiry which is examining the impacts on rural communities. Westpac confirmed Monday they will be…
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