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One Nation candidate visiting Riverland
Restoring balance to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and delivering tax and cost-of-living relief will be the focus of a visit to the Riverland by One Nation's lead Senate candidate for South Australia, Jennifer Game.
Ms Game, who has been a senior adviser to Senator Pauline Hanson for eight years, will meet with key stakeholders in the Riverland this weekend as well as speak at events for the public.
“One Nation is taking a suite of policies to the Federal election aimed at putting more money in Australians' pockets,” she said.
“We'll slash government waste, pay down Federal debt and invest in Australia's future.
“I'm also keen to meet with local irrigators and processors during the weekend and talk about One Nation's policy to restore balance to the Basin Plan.
“Senator Pauline Hanson chose the Riverland as the place to announce our water policy last year. This is because Riverland irrigators are the best in the Basin when it comes to water efficiency.
“Our policy is to reintroduce the 1500GL cap on buybacks, restore the socio-economic test for the additional 450GL, and reduce the northern Basin recovery target back to 320GL. Riverland irrigators have given up almost a third of their productive water to the Basin Plan since 2009. Enough is enough. Riverland growers should not have to give up another drop of water.
“Riverland water efficiency comes at a cost of high electricity costs. One Nation's policy to slash electricity bills by 20 per cent - by changing National Electricity Market (NEM) rules to favour lower-cost generation like gas and coal - should have a significant downward effect on the costs borne by Riverland irrigators.”
Ms Game said One Nation's signature election policy would slash $90bn from wasteful government spending, put $40bn more in Australians' pockets, pay down Federal government debt and invest in nation-building infrastructure to help Australia secure the economic opportunities of the 21st century.
“We'll abolish the Department of Climate Change and related agencies and programs, audit indigenous spending and abolish the National Indigenous Australians Agency, cut foreign aid and withdraw Australia's participation in useless international organisations like the International Criminal Court, World Health Organisation and the United Nations,” she said.
“Our plan is about reducing the cost of living. We're abolishing the excise on alcohol served at hospitality venues, and freezing indexation on all alcohol. We're halving the fuel excise to 26 cents per litre, providing relief for motorists and at the supermarket.
“We will allow couples with dependent children to split incomes and file joint tax returns - saving thousands of dollars in tax. We'll let aged and veteran pensioners earn as much as they want without their pension being affected.
“We will also crack down on fraud and boost Medicare funding to improve bulkbilling rates and help prevent the exodus of GPs from the system.
“I'll be talking about these and other policies that One Nation has released in recent weeks, but I'm looking forward to visiting the Riverland primarily to meet people and talk about the issues which matter to them.”
Ms Game will appear at the Barmera Golf Club, on Friday, from 6pm, and at Bassham Wines, on Sunday, from 11.30am.
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