The Victorian Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund is to increase farm rates by 264% in 12 months. Residential rates are to increase by 99%. The Victorian Government has not provided any reason for this increase, but it can be assumed that it is to cover the increased costs associated with the ...

Mehreen Faruqi. Federal Senator for NSW. The Greens. Referring to the Federal election 2025. I’ve got some incredible news. We’ve just secured the highest ever Greens vote in NSW and I’ve been re-elected to the Senate on a campaign grounded in radical politics, solidarity with Gaza, tackling the climate emergency and ...

A dodgy deal is being been done in NSW between The Greens and Labor. Video – Dr Joanna Howe.   Dr Joanna Howe and NSW MLC John Ruddick (Libertarian), video below, at NSW Parliament House. Notably, all five NSW Nationals’ Members  of the Legislative Council voted with Labor and The Greens in ...

The current Water Minister, Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, has increased her vote since the last Federal election. Consequently, a continuation of her existing management can be expected. Following is a summary of her election result from the Australian Electoral Commission. ...

Journalist Alex Newman provides a flawless 90-second overview of the climate agenda: “The notion that CO₂ is pollution is absolutely preposterous… The idea that [it’s] going to destroy the planet or change the temperature of the Earth is totally ludicrous.” “But from a totalitarian perspective, if you can convince people that CO₂ ...

One of the many ANZAC Day ceremonies held throughout Australia. This one at Wakool, in the Riverina, of course. The Ode. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the ...

Great video produced by Matt Tully. Well done Matt! David Landini. Subscribe to The Riverina State free email newsletter by clicking here. ...

The Weekly Times. 16/4/25. This is part of the extra 450 gigalitres the Murray Darling Basin Authority will buy to ‘save the environment’. To be frank, the ‘save the environment’ ...

Easter     Easter is beyond my ability to adequately explain, but includes Good Friday, with its violence, pain, and suffering; Saturday as its shocked and silent aftermath; and Sunday as a stunning and awesome contradiction of the events of Friday.    I hope that all readers benefit from an appropriate ...

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