North Coast MPs have slammed the Federal Budget as a “bloodbath” for regional Australia, warning cuts to infrastructure, communications, water and health funding will leave regional communities behind.
Pat Conaghan
Posted inHealth, Port Macquarie
Minister reverses IVI decision in win for regional macular degeneration patients
Health Minister Mark Butler has reversed a planned change to eye injection classifications, easing fears for regional macular degeneration patients.
Posted inFederal Politics, Local News
Fuel crisis sparks animal welfare warnings as Bowen finally acts
Animal welfare concerns are mounting across regional Australia as the federal government finally moved to ease fuel supply pressures that farmers say are threatening livestock transport, planting and the daily operation of rural industries.