Parents and children suffer under broken promise

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is urging the Premier to deliver on his promise to provide long day-care for Charlton. The community of Charlton is suffering under the negligence of the Andrews Labor Government to deliver an operational childcare service. “Families are suffering and are unable to work due to there being no…

Budget holes, crumble roads

“We don’t drive on the left side of the road, we drive on what’s left of them”. That is the strong message from the The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, after more roads funding cuts in a brutal State Budget. Road maintenance funding has been slashed by 25 per cent from 2022 to 2023.…

Regional Victoria rip-off

The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham says regional Victorians must be given their fair share in the upcoming budget. Ms Benham says regional Victorians received 13 per cent of new infrastructure in last year’s state budget, despite accounting for 25 percent of Victoria’s population. “I would call it regional discrimination,” Ms Benham says. “The…

Benham youth crime options tabled

The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham is calling on the Minister for Youth Justice to visit Mildura to discuss a collaborative approach to tackling recent crime figures. Recent data shows that youth crime has risen by an alarming per cent in the electorate, impacting on all retailers in the Mildura City Heart and beyond.…

Bank on, Benham

The Nationals Member for Mildura Jade Benham is celebrating with the Robinvale community that it will not be losing its Westpac branch. The bank had planned to close this month and had been suspended until the outcome of a Senate Inquiry which is examining the impacts on rural communities. Westpac confirmed Monday they will be…