Whether it’s the crumbling roads and their undulations and potholes, or the lack of investment in regional health services, the 3 May election is crucial for regional Australia.
As the US applies global tariffs on goods entering the USA, US trade officials appear to forget that the USA has a trade surplus with Australia. Australia’s exports to the US stand at $16.7 billion US dollars, but the US sends more than double.
The Albanese Government’s cruel approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra last week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week.
Under the Albanese Labor Government, electricity prices are up 32 per cent, mortgage repayments up 41 per cent, gas is up 35 per cent and insurance is up 33 per cent.
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’.
I was so encouraged to see farming communities united in their passion and hope for the future, despite a drier season, a higher cost of doing business under Albanese and Allan Labor Governments.
Not only has income tax gone up 26.8 per cent, mortgage repayments are up 41 per cent, gas prices are up 35 per cent, insurance 33 per cent, the cost of bread 18 per cent and rent 15 per cent – to name just a few.
During their destructive three years in office, Labor has failed to fund one mobile black spot in Mallee, which takes in over one third of Victoria.Worse still, they’ve created more black spots in a botched shutdown of the 3G network.
The mood at recent Field Days has been soured by the looming threats to farming from industrial-scale energy projects and mining operations. I will emphasise every time that social licence is paramount.
