Helen Haines is asking the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) to investigate election commitments made by the Labor Party in 2022, amounting to $1.35 billion through two invitation-only grant funds.

The $7.7 million in funding will deliver an all-abilities playground, accessible changing facilities and bicycle pump track.

We have a situation where regional communities are fighting over the same bucket of funds as metro services, a bucket that is too small and which disadvantages regional communities.

It is time that the sealed section of the Royal Commission report was made public.

The cost of housing is causing significant stress on households in Indi, whether they are paying their mortgage or rent – and part of the reason for that is that we don’t have enough housing

For people in Indi, we have a much higher proportion of older people compared to the national average, and many people move to our beautiful towns to retire.

Students studying allied health courses like physiotherapy, speech pathology and occupational therapy also undertake long unpaid placements, and they deserve these payments too.

Energy bills are one of the biggest costs in a household budget and we need to support people to reduce their energy costs. 

Fixing our roads, building critical infrastructure to support more new homes and providing childcare, aged care, disability and local health services are all so important to people in Indi – that’s why this committee’s work is important.

People are likely to be shaking their heads into their supermarket trollies at this news, but at the same time are probably not really surprised.