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Taxpayers to get $10 a week cut

TAXPAYERS are being promised $10 a week of relief in a pre-election sweetener, as Jim Chalmers lays out the economic case for a second term of a Labor Government. In his fourth Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday night, weeks before Australians go...

28 Mar 2025
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Federal Budget at a glance

ANOTHER two rounds of tax cuts, energy rebates, health and infrastructure spending are at the centre of this year’s Federal Budget.• Budget deficit of $27.6 billion this financial year. • Commonwealth gross debt to rise to $940 billion (33.7 per...

28 Mar 2025
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Black swan death claim as Purcell blasts duck hunting

A BLACK swan was killed on the opening day of the duck hunting season, according to Member for Northern Victoria Georgie Purcell.“Labor’s shameful duck slaughter commences today, and only hours into the season a black swan has already been killed...

28 Mar 2025
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MP to curb abusive comments

MEMBER for Northern Victoria Georgie Purcell says the “relentless waves” of abuse towards her on social media has “taken their toll”.The first-term Animal Justice Party MP announced on Tuesday that her comments section on Facebook would from now on...

28 Mar 2025
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Budget an election trick, says Webster

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has slammed the Federal Budget, saying it falls short on roads funding, health and cost-of-living pressures.“This is a tricky Budget from a tricky government that seeks to deflect blame for rivers of red ink while...

28 Mar 2025
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Labor’s handouts wafer thin

THE Albanese Government’s carefree approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra this week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week. Swan Hill mortgage-holders who are $50,000 a year ($136 a day) worse off are expected to be...

28 Mar 2025
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Murray MP warns against 5G

MEMBER for Murrray Helen Dalton has warned 5G will cost lives in the bush. Mrs Dalton said it’s only a matter of time before someone in rural NSW dies because they can’t get through to 000 following the rollout of the 5G network. “5G just...

26 Mar 2025
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Labor endorses Olsen for Mallee

DISABILITY support worker Greg Olsen has been endorsed as Labor’s candidate for Mallee. He was made a life member of the Labor Party last year, after he was inspired to first join as a teenager when the Hawke Government was elected in 1983. Having...

24 Mar 2025
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Member for Mallee labels doctor distribution a “disaster”

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster says Labor has doubled down on its regional doctor distribution “disaster” as they again changed the Distribution Priority Areas last week. Dr Webster said city patients could see a doctor relatively quickly and close...

23 Mar 2025
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Cost of living crisis

AUSTRALIA’S home-grown cost of living crisis keeps getting worse under the Albanese Labor Government. Power prices have risen $1,300 more than the Prime Minister promised at the last election. The $275 permanent cut to your energy bill, promised 97...

21 Mar 2025
Farming and Environment

Legality of habitat destruction questioned

A LEADING environmental group has challenged the Federal Government over the legality of six large-scale land clearing events in south-west New South Wales. The Australian Conservation Foundation used satellite data to examine changes at three...

19 Mar 2025
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Season firewood options lacking

THE Victorian Government has been slammed over a lack of firewood collection points in northern Victoria. Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell claimed the government failed to establish additional firewood collection points in...

15 Mar 2025
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Nationals leader slams rising energy costs

READERS may remember the cries of “Down, Down, Down”.I’m not talking about a well-known advertisement for a supermarket giant, but spruiking from the Allan Labor Government on energy prices. It turns out “Up, Up, Up” would...

15 Mar 2025
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Labor’s whoppers exposed

IMAGINE my surprise to read this week that the Swan Hill Emergency Department has opened, again, because the Allan Labor Government finally turned up for an “official opening”.The fabrications of State and Federal Labor are astonishing; let me...

14 Mar 2025
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Minister tours new emergency department

VICTORIAN Minister for Health Infrastructure Melissa Horne visited Swan Hill District Health’s new $65.7 million emergency department on Wednesday morning. The ED has more than doubled the available treatment spaces to help improve wait times and...

14 Mar 2025
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Vics still opposed to water buybacks

THE Victorian Government has doubled down on its opposition to federal water buybacks, saying they have “significant consequences” for regional communities. Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell asked Water Minister Gayle Tierney in...

11 Mar 2025
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Allan visit urged for ‘better housing outcome’

SWAN Hill Council has invited Premier Jacinta Allan to visit the region to get a firsthand insight into the unique housing challenges. It comes after Ms Allan warned local councils that if they don’t meet “clear” housing targets over the next 30...

09 Mar 2025