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March 4, 2011
Victoria is battling to get the Gillard Labor Government to pay attention to their drought and now flood stressed communities.
“They have announced the end of exceptional circumstances affecting most of northern Victoria and the Mallee. However, far North Queensland is being treated to a package of support on the basis that they have had cyclone and flood damage to rural properties and small busi... Click here for full story
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February 25, 2011
Many local farmers and small businesses will be terribly disappointed by today’s announcement from the Federal Labor Minister for Agriculture, Joe Ludwig, that Exceptional Circumstances drought assistance for northern Victoria will not continue beyond the 31st March 2011.
Federal Member for Murray Dr Sharman Stone said she was shocked at the announcement which will come as a major blow to... Click here for full story
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February 25, 2011
Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, said it was nonsense to only be imagining that the result of fixing up Goulburn Murray Water is a price hike for irrigators.
“If this was a private enterprise you would see the numbers of staff urgently reviewed, you would see salaries considered, you would look at the price structure itself.
Goulburn Murray Water is not in the mess it is... Click here for full story
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February 24, 2011
Labor has finally released the criteria for the long awaited Rural Tertiary Hardship payment much to the relief of disadvantaged local students.
Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, said the funding criteria for a $3000 payment, has finally been released on the website two months behind schedule.
The eligibility requirements include that your parents combined income limit... Click here for full story
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February 23, 2011
Calls from Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, for a Royal Commission into Goulburn Murray Water have now been vindicated with the resignation of key members of the Goulburn Murray staff and members of its Board.
“The new Victorian Coalition Government is now taking the problems of Goulburn Murray Water very seriously,” Sharman Stone said.
“Overcoming years of turning a ... Click here for full story
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February 21, 2011
Carbon Monoxide can not be seen, smelt or tasted, but is deadly if it leaks from your gas heater into a family home.
The tragic deaths of young Chase and Tyler Robinson from Mooroopna, who were the victims of a faulty gas wall heater in their rented family home, prompted Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, to introduce a private member’s motion to parliament calling on new legisl... Click here for full story
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February 21, 2011
The Labor Federal Government has finally conceded that their unfair Independent Youth Allowance criteria, which disadvantages regional students, needs revisiting.
Higher Education Minister, Chris Evans, today announced the Federal Government would review the Independent Youth Allowance system by July, to be put into practice by the first of January next year.
Today in the House o... Click here for full story
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February 18, 2011
Local students, parents and their families are being encouraged to call Prime Minister Julia Gillard and tell her that her failure to allow debate on a Bill that would make Independent Youth Allowance fairer is undemocratic and un-Australian.
Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, said in the last Parliamentary sitting, the Coalition with support of the Independents, passed the Coal... Click here for full story
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February 17, 2011
Locals have a chance to shape a better future for water authorities and water efficiency projects by sharing their past experiences with the Victorian Ombudsman.
Upon directive from the State Government, the Ombudsman will be conducting an inquiry into the development and implementation of water saving projects in northern Victoria.
Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, said the find... Click here for full story
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February 17, 2011
On Monday, Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, and patron for the Shepparton and District National Servicemen’s Association remembered the more than 280,000 Australians who have served nationally in our defence forces.
“Monday the 14th of February is National Service Day, and pays tribute to those who served in the Korean War and wars in Borneo and Vietnam between 1951 and 1972.
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