Crumbling roads are costing lives
The Andrews Government is set to repeat history by repeatedly underspending on regional roads to the detriment of local communities, according to The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron. “Labor’s…
Funding certainty needed to get trucks off our local roads
The Andrews Labor Government must provide funding certainty for the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS) to encourage more freight onto rail. The MSIS is an incentive program providing financial…
More detail urgently needed on powerline plan
Nationals MP Gaelle Broad has asked the Government to urgently provide more information on the controversial high voltage powerline destined for north central Victoria. Speaking in Parliament, Ms Broad…
O’Brien calls for answers on empty houses
The State Government is being called on to explain why public housing is sitting empty in Gippsland while people are desperate for a roof over their head. The Nationals…
Labor’s energy amendments fall short
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien is concerned that new energy legislation passed by the Andrews Labor Government will do little to improve resilience or help communities affected…
Labor wipes its grubby hands of timber worker support
Labor has sensationally backed away from mental health support for timber workers in state parliament following further questioning from The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary…
Labor slams the brakes on Roads Inquiry
The Andrews Government with the help of the cross bench blocked an Inquiry investigating the poor state of roads, particularly in rural and regional Victoria. The Nationals Member for Eastern…
Sorry state of Victorian roads ignored again
A motion put forward by the Liberals and Nationals that would have recognised the poor state of Victoria’s roads, especially in rural and regional areas, has been voted down in…
No answers, no accountability, no regard for regional Victorians
The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has blasted the Andrews Government in Parliament for shirking its responsibility to answer questions from regional Victorians. Mr Cameron used his Members…
Bath blasts Labor over cruel timber axing in state parliament
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use Melina Bath has blasted the Andrews Government to task over its decision to axe Victoria’s native…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Regional communities biggest loser in Labor’s State Budget) – WALSH
Dear Editor, Under Labor, Victoria is broke. In a budget that highlights total financial incompetence, the Andrews Labor is making life harder for regional Victorians with funding slashed…
Bank closures continue to gut regional towns
Regional communities right across northern Victoria are hurting as a direct result of bank closures, the Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has told Parliament. Ms Broad called…