Victorians would enjoy a free drink on the house under a Liberal National plan to get family, friends and loved ones back in their favorite pub, bar or licensed venue. After enduring the world’s longest lockdown, Victoria’s hospitality industry and the tens of thousands of jobs it supports has been devastated. As lockdown…
The Andrews Labor Government has yet again turned its back on the field and game community by refusing to extend game licences that were unusable for large parts of 2021 due to lockdowns. Labor’s Minister for Agriculture today wrote to Field and Game Australia advising she was vetoing their request for licences to be…
The Nationals have facilitated a solution to ensure the safe transportation of firearms, after a decision by some commercial carriers left dealers and wholesalers without options to ship their goods. Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie and Senator Dr Sam McMahon hosted a meeting with Australia Post and national firearms industry representatives in August, with the…
Gippsland hospitality businesses already stretched and hurting with the Andrews Labor Government’s brutal restrictions have been thrown into chaos with a last-minute announcement that staff will need to be double-vaccinated by Friday 22 October. The Andrews Government’s roadmap and vaccine mandate clearly states authorised workers must have their first vaccination by October 15 – or…
The Andrews Labor Government has announced the intention to abolish Victoria’s Primary Care Partnerships (PCPs) after years of uncertainty that hung over the heads of thousands of Victorians involved in the successful health promotion initiative. The decision to abolish Victoria’s PCPs from April 2022 comes after funding and service agreements were set to be…
Regional Victoria must be granted its ‘Freedom Day’ and reopen safely sooner as vaccine targets are achieved much earlier than metro Melbourne. Under the Andrews Government’s roadmap regional Victoria will be forced to wait weeks for metropolitan Melbourne to catch up and have the shackles of restrictions removed. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh said…
Lowan hospitality businesses already stretched and hurting with the Andrews Labor Government’s brutal restrictions have been thrown into chaos with a last-minute announcement that staff will need to be double-vaccinated by Friday. The government’s vaccine mandate for authorised workers states employees must have their first vaccination by October 15 – or be booked to receive…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy has called for masks to no longer be required outdoors in regional Victoria. Mr McCurdy said that with compliance with social distancing, high vaccination rates and plenty of space, the time was right to remove masks outdoors in regional Victoria. “It is time to get rid…
Vaccine hesitancy and testing hesitancy in Victoria’s Indigenous communities’ risks pushing people further into disadvantage under the Andrews Labor Government’s plan to offer more freedoms to people who are fully-vaccinated. Geographic data (SA4) from the Australian Government has revealed serious gaps in Victoria’s vaccine rollout in Indigenous communities, with the Warrnambool and south west region…
Crown Royal Commission has delivered its final report today, but Victorians will wait weeks to see the detail after the Andrews Government decided to keep the findings under lock and key. This is the Royal Commission Daniel Andrews never wanted to have. Labor is again kicking the can down the road, with Victoria’s…
Our kids desperately need additional mental health support right now while they’re still excluded from their family, mates, community sport and full-time learning in the classroom – not in a year or in two years’ time as Labor has announced today. According to the Government, the Schools Mental Health Fund will be “implemented in all…
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien has repeated calls in State Parliament for a solution to underperforming Gippsland trains amid ongoing fears the Andrews Labor Government intends to terminate Gippsland trains at Pakenham. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Mr O’Brien called on the Minister for Transport Infrastructure to investigate the options and…