27 March, 2011
Sophie Mirabella MP, Federal Member for Indi believes the NSW election result is vote of no confidence in Labor at all levels of Government.
The massive defeat of NSW Labor follows a string of poor results for Labor across the country.
“Since the election of the Rudd/Gillard Government in ...
18 March, 2011
Sophie Mirabella MP, Federal Member for Indi has completed her first tour of the Murrindindi Shire.
Sophie Mirabella and Cindy McLeish MP, State Member for Seymour, spent 3 days speaking with residents about local concerns and challenges.
“The electorate tour was a fantastic opportunity for me to ...
18 March, 2011
Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke has today displayed absolute arrogance and contempt for country Victoria, declaring he will force cattle grazers out of the high country by April 8.
The announcement comes only months after Victorians emphatically rejected State Labor’s policy and fo...
15 March, 2011
Sophie Mirabella MP, Federal Member for Indi had a chance meeting with two local students in
Gallipoli during a recent tour of the sacred war memorial.
Mrs Mirabella was visiting the site recently and met Laura Whitney from Euroa Secondary College
and Hadley Black from Benalla College
– both r...
04 March, 2011
Schools in North East Victoria are suffering again because of bad Labor policy.
School Education Minister, Peter Garrett has again proven he has the reverse Midas touch as the MySchool fiasco once again descended into chaos. Local schools have raised serious concerns about misrepresentative...
04 March, 2011
Sophie Mirabella MP, Federal Member for Indi says Labor’s proposed Carbon Tax is already hurting local jobs.
For anyone doubting that a Carbon Tax will hurt local jobs, they should ask local manufacturers. The call follows recent comments by Bruck CEO, that a carbon tax adds pressures that may caus...
03 March, 2011
Sophie Mirabella MP, Federal Member for Indi has fronted a public hearing in Canberra to once again push the case for North East farmers who stand to lose up to 79% of their irrigation entitlement.
Mrs Mirabella reiterated the concerns raised in her submission which called for the Governmen...
03 March, 2011
More than 200 bee campaigners descended on Parliament House on Wednesday to highlight the dangers of the Asian Honey bee. Mrs Mirabella’s office worked with Jodie Goldsworthy from Beechworth Honey to ensure beekeepers across the country could make their case to MP’s in Canberra.
The Labor G...
28 February, 2011
The Federal Labor Government has joined forces with The Greens in an attempt to bully the Victorian Government to overturn alpine cattle grazing legislation.Greens Member, Adam Bandt, introduced a Private Members Bill that seeks to ban cattle grazing in Victoria’s high country. It follows statements...
24 February, 2011
The Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund, a $20 million program aimed at assisting disadvantaged rural and regional students was to begin delivering money in January 2011. But students cannot apply for the payment because the Government can’t get a basic application form finalised.
Member for Indi, Sophie ...