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Improved digital connectivity across Mallee

People living and working in Hopetoun, Kaniva, Lascelles, Broughton and parts of the Swan Hill LGA can now look forward to new and improved telecommunications services thanks to the Morrison/McCormack Government’s Regional Connectivity Program

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Homebuilder

The HomeBuilder grant has driven the highest level of new home commencements in more than 20 years. It has been a fantastic program that has driven building activity in our region like we have never seen before. Latest building approvals

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Ouyen livestock exchange expanded

Communities around Ouyen are set to benefit from improved sale yard infrastructure with the official opening of the Ouyen Livestock Exchange upgrades today. Federal Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the project, which had a more efficient sale

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Mallee excellence central to Victoria’s drought innovation hub

• The Victorian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub will be supported by key nodes in Birchip and Mildura • University of Melbourne to lead transformational drought resilience delivery • An $8 million Australian Government investment

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Applications open for Carbon + Biodiversity Pilot

• The Australian Government is providing $23.5 million for improved on farm biodiversity through the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship’s Carbon + Biodiversity Pilot. • The pilot will test processes and protocols that measure and reward farmer

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MORE SUPPORT FOR TRAVEL AGENTS IN MALLEE

Federal member for Mallee, Anne Webster said travel agents in Mallee would benefit from sharing in additional funding support of $130 million from the Coalition Government. Dr Webster said local travel agents should apply for funding support in

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Astra Zeneca Vaccine

On Thursday, based on expert advice received from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, the Commonwealth Government moved to adjust Australia’s vaccination program. The medical advice to the Government is that the risk of

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Labor chooses to exploit agriculture workers

The Labor Party have done the work of their political masters, the AWU, effectively ripping money out of the pockets of foreign agriculture workers. Member for Mallee, Anne Webster said Labor refused to allow passage of a bill that reduced the

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Future Drought Fund: Landscape practices to build drought resilience in Mallee

Grant awarded in Mallee for the Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes program Grant will fund projects to trial and demonstrate land management practices that can reduce the impacts of drought on farm production Part of the $5 billion Future

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