NEWS
Jingellic Hub wins more bushfire resilience funding
The Jingellic Hub will dramatically boost its capacity as a ‘safer place’ during times of emergency with new assistance funding from the Federal and NSW Governments. According to Farrer MP Sussan Ley a grant of just over $36k will help the Hub’s committee upgrade...
Sunrise – 29 March
Transcript from Sunrise (Seven Network) follows, one of a number of interviews by Sussan today on new plans for a Cabinet Taskforce on Women's Safety and Economic Security. NATALIE BARR: Well Queensland Liberal-National MP Andrew Laming won't recontest the next...
ABC Riverina – 24 March
Transcript from ABC Riverina Breakfast (with Simon Wallace) - Topics; treatment of women in Parliament House, gender equality. NB this is one of a number of interviews by Sussan on this topic which you can view here. SIMON WALLACE: I think most of us have been...
$45m in lost and unclaimed super in Farrer. Could any of it be yours?
Around $13.8 billion in Australians’ hard-earned wages is waiting to be claimed, in the form of lost and unclaimed superannuation, including approximately $45 million in Farrer alone. Workers may have lost or unclaimed super if you have changed your name, moved jobs...
Today Show – 16 March
ALLISON LANGDON: Change has been demanded by thousands who marched on Parliament House and in cities around the country in the fight for women's equality. For weeks, the spotlight has been on Canberra over allegations of sexual assault, yet no senior member of the...
New Mildura Radar switched on
Farmers and avid weather watchers across three states, including north west Victoria, south west New South Wales and South Australia's Riverland region, now have access to more accurate weather information, after the Bureau of Meteorology switched on the new Mildura...
Holbrook Landcare to play key role in local bushfire recovery
The Holbrook and Murrumbidgee Landcare groups are set to play a major part in our region’s long-term bushfire recovery effort after being awarded government funding for restoration work on the Dunn’s Road and Green Valley fire grounds. According to local MP and...
Red letter day for Griffith’s sporting facilities
Griffith’s new multi-million dollar Regional Sports Precinct development took another leap forward today with work getting underway on an $18m redevelopment of the Westend Oval area. The ceremonial event came as the city’s new Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre was...
11 local government areas in Farrer eligible for new Basin funding
Communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin will share in $34 million to help stimulate job growth and economic development under a third round of the Economic Development Program. Member for Farrer, Sussan Ley, said the program targets communities across Farrer...
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program underway
Now the vaccines against Coronavirus have started being administered, my office is receiving an increasing number of calls from people wanting to know exactly when each one of us will be able to receive their immunisation. The vaccine rollout is one of the biggest...