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A msg from Jindera – Telstra needs to get mobile
Federal MP Sussan Ley is stepping up pressure on Telstra in a bid to strengthen mobile phone coverage around the community of Jindera, near Albury. After members of the local community rallied at Jindera’s Recreation Reserve in late August, Telstra provided the...
Speech – CPA Australia (Albury-Wodonga branch)
The following is Sussan's address to the CPA Albury Wodonga branch - Atura Hotel, Albury *** Check against delivery *** Before I start, I want to thank Karyn for her generous invitation and for all of the work that she does to connect CPA members, locally, with the...
Jindera community calls Telstra, ‘asks for more’
Farrer MP Sussan Ley joined with local community members at Jindera's Recreation Reserve today expressing concern with ongoing patchy and unreliable Telstra mobile phone coverage around Jindera. Telstra has had approvals in place since January to install 4G/5G...
Country Hope 2024 fundraiser launch
“It is an honour to be among the 12 participants invited to sing at Country Hope’s third ‘On Key 4 Kids’ event coming up in Albury on 12 October. On the way there, I have two main challenges – one; to actually find some ‘talent’ during rehearsals and two; individually...
Opinion: Violation of our public buildings requires stronger action
You may remember your school visit to Parliament House in Canberra. The red crushed gravel as you walked up to the entrance. The eucalypt green expanse of the marble foyer. Perhaps a speech from your local member. But for some children unlucky enough to visit our...
Speech – Australian Skills: where we are and where we need to be
Following is Sussan's speech to Independent Tertiary Education Conference (2024) - Gold Coast, QLD I want to acknowledge ITECA, CEO Troy Williams and his team. They have been a great help for my office and for the Opposition. Thank you. I also want to say it is great...
‘Rapid Review’ of prevention of Domestic Violence
The Prime Minister has announced the Government will conduct what he has called a ‘rapid review’ into best-practice domestic violence prevention approaches to ‘deliver a report to Government later this year’. While the Coalition supports a prevention approach to...
Funding support for regional Australia goes missing…again.
The Labor Government had one chance to deliver for regional Australia last week and failed, not once, but twice. Two days after the Federal Budget wiped $2.1b from spending in rural areas the Albanese Government sneakily slipped through its ‘signature’ infrastructure...
Budget in Reply – Opposition Leader
On 16 May, Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton delivered our Budget in Reply. Every credible economist has been scathing of Labor’s Budget announced earlier this week. That’s because Labor has us in an inflationary hole and is still digging. Australia’s inflation...
Vic Govt must step up DV funding in budget
Albury’s federal member of parliament has called on the Victorian Government to put more money into local front line domestic violence services. Farrer MP Sussan Ley says the Albury-Wodonga Women’s Centre for Health and Wellbeing helps women from both sides of the...
