Important projects for Indi have been retained in the new Labor Government’s first Budget after intensive advocacy from Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines.

This is a momentous day and it has been a long time coming. It is the first time a Government has introduced a bill for an integrity watchdog to Parliament. Until now, all Bills had come from the crossbench or the Greens.

As members of the crossbench in the House of Representatives and the Senate, we were elected by our communities for our commitment to fight for integrity in politics and hold the Government to account when it comes to delivering a federal integrity commission.

Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has been awarded the prestigious Alan Missen Award by the Accountability Round Table, in recognition of her work to introduce a federal integrity commission.

The 2022-23 Volunteer Grants program is now open for expressions of interest from eligible community organisations, Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has announced.

Helen Haines, Independent Federal Member for Indi has made the case for significant investment in Indi in her submission to the Government ahead of the October budget.

Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has successfully amended the Government’s Climate Change Bill, ensuring regional Australia is explicitly considered in future government climate policy.

Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines will seek to amend the Government’s Climate Change Bill to ensure regional Australia benefits from action on climate change.

In the last term I doggedly fought for a new single site hospital for Albury Wodonga, lobbying the former Prime Minister, Treasurer and using every opportunity to keep the pressure on.

The Australian Rail Track Corporation has failed to notify the people of Euroa about its chosen design for the redevelopment the town’s track crossing by July 1, the deadline the government agency set for itself.