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Media Release: Adelaide community projects get $3 million

Community projects in the Federal electorate of Adelaide, including initiatives for local job creation and supporting childhood learning, will receive more than $3 million in support from the Australian Government.

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Media Release: Port Adelaide community project to get $437,000

A project targeting local disadvantage being undertaken by Morella Community Centre has received $437,000 in funding support from the Australian Government.

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Media Release: Renewable push for Mayo community organisations

Local community organisations are encouraged to apply for the second round of the Turnbull Government’s Solar Communities Program.

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Media Release: Celebrating agriculture leaders on International Women’s Day

Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Anne Ruston, today urged all Australians to use International Women's Day as an opportunity to highlight the significant contributions of Australia's inspiring rural women to the nation's agriculture sector.

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Media Release: Federal Court Case: Friends of the Leadbeater’s Possum v VicForests

The Australian Government has welcomed the decision of the Federal Court in relation to the matter of Friends of the Leadbeater’s Possum and VicForests in which the Commonwealth’s submissions were accepted.

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Joint Media Release: Forestry innovation hub to bolster timber industry

South Australia, the birthplace of the Australian softwood plantation industry and a leader in forestry innovation, has today been further strengthened with the launch of a new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation hub in Mount Gambier.

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Joint Media Release: Labor and NXT – the great pretenders

Today, South Australia’s future was sold down the river by the Labor Party and Nick Xenophon Team.

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Media Release: Hunter puts Basin Plan on the brink

Blame for the threat to the survival of the Murray Darling Basin Plan lies squarely at the feet of Ian Hunter and the Weatherill Labor government.

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Joint Media Release: New Australian tourism campaign to help attract international visitors

Wine Australia has partnered with Tourism Australia in a $36 million marketing campaign in the USA aimed at boosting interest in Australia as a tourism destination.  

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Media release: Australia and Vietnam stamping out illegal fishing

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority has completed a joint public information campaign with the Vietnamese Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnamese Directorate of Fisheries in Vietnam, as part of efforts to combat illegal foreign fishing in our oceans.

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