March 16, 2022
Haines calls out Federal Government for lack of ambition for regional Australia
Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has called out the Federal Government for its lack of long-term ambition for regional Australians during this term of Parliament.
March 16, 2022
The border needs a new eating disorder treatment and recovery facility
Helen Haines MP has joined with local survivors of eating disorders, and expert clinicians, to call for Government investment of $6 million to build a new treatment and recovery facility for people living with eating disorders in the Albury-Wodonga region.
March 8, 2022
Haines outlines plan to attract mental healthcare workers to the regions
Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has called on the Government to fix the critical shortage of mental health workers in regional Australia by offering to cancel the university debt of mental health workers who move to the regions.
March 4, 2022
Haines calls for dedicated, permanent, transparent federal funding for small rural hospitals
Dr Haines has called on the federal government to establish a $1 billion rural hospital fund to finance essential health infrastructure in small towns across regional Australia.
March 3, 2022
Haines calls for bushfire funding mistake to be fixed
Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has called on Minister for Emergency Services Bridget McKenzie to reverse an administrative mistake that denied bushfire recovery funding to the bushfire-hit community of Tintaldra.
March 1, 2022
Haines stands up with border medicos to demand $300 million for new hospital funding
Independent Federal Member for Indi Dr Helen Haines has stepped out with doctors, nurses, midwives, and other border health workers to call on the federal government to commit $300 million for a new, world-class hospital on the border.
February 21, 2022
Haines introduces new bill to make internet faster and fairer in Indi
Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has introduced the Faster Internet for Regional Australia Bill 2022 to Parliament, which would raise the bar on what is expected of nbn co when serving customers in Indi and around regional Australia.
February 18, 2022
Saul Griffith joins Helen Haines in plan for cheaper power bills
Australian adviser to US President Joe Biden and energy entrepreneur Saul Griffith visited a local Wodonga renewable energy business on Friday to show support for a bill to reduce the price of home batteries introduced by Federal Independent Member for Indi Helen Haines this week.
February 17, 2022
Haines welcomes huge $40 million investment in Indi’s bushfire recovery
55 projects have received Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants including improvements to evacuation facilities in Wodonga, Mansfield and Corryong, upgrades to community sporting facilities, and mental health resilience programs.
February 17, 2022
Statement on Indulgence – Integrity
The legislating of a federal integrity commission was a character test for this Prime Minister and his government, and he has failed that character test. And it’s not just me who knows it; the nation knows it.