Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has celebrated funding for extension services to support farmers to adopt climate-smart agriculture practices in Tuesday’s Federal Budget.

Labor’s first full Federal Budget includes measures which will make going to the doctor cheaper and lower electricity bills for those doing it tough, but Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines says there isn’t enough action on housing or enough funding for the regions.

We need more employers like Hylke and Neri all over Australia, people who value their workers, their community and their industry and look at the bigger picture.

This month North East Health Wangaratta celebrated their 150 year anniversary – that’s 150 years of being with people during life’s biggest moments – births, emergencies, surgeries, recoveries and in life’s final moments as well.

Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines will on Monday introduce a Bill to reduce the cost of home batteries, bringing down both household power bills and emissions.

The housing situation in my electorate of Indi, in North East Victoria, is getting worse and worse, day by day.

This Bill will help households purchase a home battery. This means lower power bills, and huge savings for households.

The Government is indebted to these neighbourhood houses, these foodshares, because they are filling the gap left when policy fails.

If you care about addressing the health workforce shortage, and you believe the best way to grow a rural health workforce is to invest in locals, then the only conclusion is to give us the tools to educate, train and retain our own at home.

Can you guarantee that with the Mobile Black Spot Program that opened yesterday critical black spots in rural and regional Australia like this will be fixed?