Monthly Archives: August 2025

Dr Anne Webster MP – Farmers give frosty reception to Albanese, Allan at Bush Summit

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster was shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers in Ballarat on Friday as protestors from Mallee and across regional Victoria gave a frosty reception to Prime Minister Anthony…

Danny O’Brien MP – Lives at risk as Labor dithers

Lives continue to be put at risk as a result of the Allan Labor Government’s inability to complete the duplication of the Western Highway between Buangor and Ararat. The 35km…

Danny O’Brien MP and Melina Bath MP – Labor in denial as more frontline jobs go despite tax hike

Labor continues to dodge questions around cuts to frontline emergency services jobs, with Treasurer Jacyln Symes the latest to duck for cover.   Jobs have been cut in bushfire management…

Danny O’Brien MP – Labor trashes farmers’ rights

The Allan Labor Government has stripped farmers and landowners of their rights so power lines can be built on their property. Labor, with the support of the Greens, Animal Justice…

Melina Bath MP – Labor’s controversial VicGrid Bill passes parliament

The Allan Government’s contentious VicGrid energy transmission legislation has passed parliament, with the support of crossbench MPs from the Greens, Cannabis Party and Animal Justice Party. Opposing the legislation The…

Emma Kealy MP – Allan Labor Government loses trust of Victorian farmers

The Allan Labor Government has lost the trust of 9 in 10 Victorian farmers as revealed by a Victorian Farmers Federation survey. In Question Time today, the Minister for Agriculture,…

Danny O’Brien MP – No detail from Labor as lifesavers take hit

The Allan Labor Government continues to dodge questions surrounding cutbacks to Victoria’s emergency services.   Victorians could be facing summer at the beach without paid lifeguards because of Labor cutbacks,…

Tim McCurdy – Chapel Street overrun by illicit tobacco

Melbourne’s iconic Chapel Street is now overrun with illicit tobacco traders, leaving local businesses exposed to crime and residents living in fear.   Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Tim McCurdy,…

Danny O’Brien MP – Victorians face dangerous summer despite Labor tax hike

Victorians could be facing summer at the beach without paid lifeguards because of Labor Government cutbacks, despite a $3 billion emergency services tax hike. It has been revealed Life Saving…

Statement from the Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Emma Kealy

Labor promised no frontline service cuts — yet the Premier is now targeting Victoria’s incredible team of agricultural research scientists. This is a total disregard for the 21,300 farm businesses…

Emma Kealy MP – Labor kicks regional Victorians again with expanded renewable zones

The Allan Labor Government’s continued contempt for regional Victorians has hit a new low, with the government unexpectedly expanding proposed renewable energy zones in the Wimmera, Mallee and south-west. The zones…

Danny O’Brien MP – Nasty home delivery: Labor’s emergency services tax arrives

Reality has already bitten in households and businesses across Victoria as rates notices – including the insidious emergency services tax – arrive in letter boxes.   Victorians are now copping…