Labor to spend another $100m to axe local Victorian jobs
As dwindling timber supply puts a handbrake on home building and makes it harder to transport goods around the nation, the Andrews Labor Government has today announced it will spend…
All we want for Christmas is $5m to get the Murray Basin Rail back on track
Growers in north-west Victoria have endured another year with a crumbling, inefficient freight rail network, while the Andrews Labor Government refuses to provide $5 million to get the Murray Basin…
Our farmers’ plea: “Don’t go releasing dingoes into Victorian parks”
The Victorian Liberals and Nationals vehemently oppose a plan from Labor and greens groups to introduce dingoes into state and national parks in Victoria. A parliamentary inquiry into Victorian ecosystems…
Minister puts Gippsland Line in too-hard basket
The Andrews Labor Government is consigning Gippsland rail passengers to continued future delays at the same time as its spend-a-thon on city infrastructure reaches epic proportions of waste and mis-management.…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor, This Christmas will be tough for the 49,000 Victorians who lost their job in October and for small business owners, like those in hospitality and accommodation, that are…
Local businesses grapple with COVID policing and workforce shortages
The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is calling for the Victorian Government to do more to support businesses in managing the onerous task of enforcing COVID restrictions and to…
Labor’s limited free PT out the door in less than four hours, data shows
Analysis of the state’s public transport patronage figures has revealed the Andrews Government’s limited free public transport for the holiday period would have lasted less than four hours, pre-pandemic. The…
Major disruptions to Melbourne CBD with the City Loop to close
Indefinite closure of Melbourne metro’s City Loop Network will throw the CBD into chaos at a key moment in the city’s recovery. The Transport Department has confirmed today the City…
Regional businesses grapple with workforce shortages and Covid police
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy has called for answers from the Minister for Employment regarding the shortage of workforce in Wangaratta and other regional towns. In Parliament…
Border communities owed an apology for “inhumane” permit scheme
People living in communities along Victoria’s border were asked for evidence loved ones were dying from cancer and personal financial statements, a damning report on Victoria’s border permit scheme has…
Sneaky Labor change a “setback” for windfarm neighbours
The Andrews Labor Government has secretly instituted a planning change that will make life even more difficult for wind farm neighbours trying to build on their own properties. The…
Gippslanders caught in “inhumane” border permit system
Gippsland residents were among thousands caught up in a Covid border permit scheme described in a scathing report from the Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass as “downright unjust, even inhumane.” …