“Cutting support for a service which helps people stay connected is cutting in exactly the wrong place. Regional Australians deserve certainty – not silence," Dr Webster said.

Through a ministerial determination — with no public consultation — the Government has extended GST to some everyday living services in residential aged care.

As wars in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon continue and our American ally asks Australia to assist in the Strait of Hormuz, the rapidly passing months of 2026 unfold a world that appears, for some of us, to be suddenly transformed.

Fuel crisis, diesel supply, regional areas, renewable energy, oil drilling, gas exploration, green dream, energy costs, sovereign security, renewable investment, land clearance, transmission lines, solar farms, Victorian government, green energy

TOPICS: Fuel crisis and fuel security, immigration and assimilation, Australian values, Farrerby-election, protest votes, NDIS reform

“The Albanese Government are both heartless and hypocritical. Labor brag that they cut taxes, but are taxing older Australians to pay for Wednesday’s policy changes.

TOPICS: Labor's proposed NDIS changes, Albury Wodonga hospital needs, preferencing in Farrer by-election

"I know how important it is to understand how hospital services care for two-state - or, in my case, a large tri-state - catchment. Regional Australians in border regions like Albury Wodonga, feel the neglect of their state governments acutely..

"Connectivity is lifesaving and lifts our productivity in regional Australia. Surely telcos can deliver mandatory domestic roaming while ensuring universal coverage is affordable?"