The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says Gippsland dental health wait lists will continue to blow out following a Labor Government health cut. Mr O’Brien was speaking in Parliament in response to a $24 million cut to the dental health program in the Andrews Labor Government’s 2022-2023 State Budget announced last week.…
Rural and regional communities will have the opportunity to tap into a $30-million fund to help reinvigorate their town’s main streets under a Victorian Liberal Nationals Government. The Liberal Nationals’ Local Shopping Strip Recovery Plan will support communities to recover and rebuild by providing grants of up to $500,000 to revive shopping strips through initiatives…
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien is calling for answers on when communities impacted by the storm events and subsequent prolonged power outages in June and October last year will be consulted as part of a formal review into the electricity framework. Speaking in Parliament Mr O’Brien said that while he had…
Regional train passengers are again wearing the consequences of decades of neglect of V/Line, with a statewide communications outage forcing the entire network to a standstill today. Commuters deserve a full explanation of what caused the ‘communications fault’ that suspended all train services for 90 minutes, including to Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, Gippsland and Seymour. Today’s…
Dear Editor, CFA stations at Strathbogie, Rochester and Myrtleford are among those to miss out on upgrades this year, while the Labor Government rakes in $800 million from the fees you pay to the fire services property levy. Analysis of the State Budget papers confirm that just $7.6 million will be spent on new asset…