The eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs will collectively be given $20 million in additional funding This will enable the Dookie-based Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub to expand its focus to drive agricultural innovation beyond drought Investment builds on the $66 million commitment to the hubs through the Future Drought Fund The…
Agricultural worker visa regulations created The visa responds to workforce shortages in the agriculture and primary industry sectors Major step towards primary producers being able to access the workers they need Farmers and primary producers in Nicholls are a step closer to benefitting from the Federal Government’s new Australian Agriculture Worker Visa. The Government amended…
Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, is one on 17 Government MPs who have come together to support proposed legislation that will see telecommunications companies held to account for continued poor service in both regional and metropolitan areas. Mr Drum said he was happy to support the Private Member’s Bill from Federal Member for Berowra,…
Pilot to reward farmers for improving their native vegetation is open Applications opened September 29 and close October 27 Provides farmers with an opportunity to diversify their income Six regions participating in the pilot with intent to roll out to other regions Farmers in Victoria’s North-Central region can now apply for the Federal Government’s $22.3…
by Damian Drum – Federal Member for Nicholls (published in the Herald Sun – September 16, 2021) I was recently told by a climate change activist from my electorate of Nicholls that I have one of two choices: I can either be a climate hero or a climate vandal. But what if I want to…
Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, says a new “exceptional circumstances” review process for the Department of Health’s Distribution Priority Area classification system is a common-sense measure to help regions respond to unforeseen workforce and population changes that may be impacting access to local GP services. Mr Drum has been seeking improvements to the current…
Applications for the second round of the Federal Government’s Murray-Darling Healthy Rivers Program open today, with grants of up to $2 million available for projects that improve the health of rivers and wetlands. Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, encouraged community groups, farmers, and landholders across the electorate to apply for the grants. “Nicholls will…
The Nationals have come good on their promise and delivered a vital and historic agriculture visa to help secure the future of rural and regional Australia. Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, said the Agricultural Worker Visa would provide a long-term, reliable workforce for our critical industries, simultaneously solving one of the great recent challenges…
Indigenous plants will form “wildlife corridors” designed to protect a range of native species and floating islands will provide safe turtle nesting sites thanks to the Federal Government’s Murray-Darling Healthy Rivers Program. These two projects in the Nicholls electorate have been successful in attaining federal funding via the first round of the HRP, collectively receiving…
New classrooms, a specialist arts area, and a carpark extension at St Anne’s College in Kialla were officially unveiled this morning by the Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum. The important works were made possible through Federal Government funding of $3 million, which came via its Capital Grants Program. St Anne’s College also contributed $3…