Indi should be a region where our young people can learn and develop skills to lead rewarding, fulfilling lives and careers in the area
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Asked the Treasurer to consider the impact of proposed changes to young adults' eligibility for Newstart and Youth Allowance
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Spoke in Parliament on my attendance at Café Connect in Mansfield, a thriving and important youth support venue, and highlighted the importance to young peoples’ health and wellbeing
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Highlighted the market failure in rural and regional higher education a number of times in Parliament
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Represented the importance of chaplaincy and student welfare program by writing to the Minister for Education on behalf of many constituents
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Asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he would meet the Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture to discuss reducing the impact of budget changes on higher education and the agriculture sector
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Toured the Goodstart Learning Centre at Wangaratta and spoke in Parliament about the importance of continued federal funding of early childhood learning and preschool activity
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Welcomed to Parliament a group of young Bhutanese people from Albury-Wodonga who were participating in a Regional Youth Leadership Program
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Visited many primary schools and secondary colleges across Indi observing the hard work of students, teachers, families and communities providing the best possible start to the future lives of our young people
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Welcomed to Parliament students from St Joseph's Primary School from Benalla
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Spoke in Parliament about What Gets Us Through, a fantastic piece written by a group of young community members in Yea about their support for one another following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires
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Met with La Trobe University and Charles Sturt University leaders to discuss the future of higher education and the effect of the government's proposal to deregulate fees
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Spoke in Parliament about attending the fund-raising dinner at the Dederang Primary School
