A Parliamentary Inquiry into power station industry transition and the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA) saw the LVA grilled on its effectiveness in reducing unemployment and creating jobs in Latrobe City. At the Inquiry, established by The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath said the LVA appeared more interested in protecting the Andrews Government…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament expressing his utter disappointment and growing concern for residents across the Ovens Valley whose health dilemmas continue to be constantly ignored by Premier Andrews. Mr McCurdy said, “The lack of investment in health services across regional Victoria has hit an all time low. …
An opportunity to rebuild Victoria’s broken mental health system will be missed if the State Government refuses to support crucial reforms that will unlock thousands of extra workers for the exhausted and under-resourced workforce. The Labor Government today trumpeted its work on the Royal Commission into Mental Health which delivered its final report 12 months…
Premier Daniel Andrews has walked away from another opportunity to apologise for comments dismissing a Labor MP’s allegations of a toxic bullying culture within the Labor Party as “fantasy”. Yesterday, senior government Minister Tim Pallas offered a long overdue apology to Upper House MP Kaushaliya Vaghela after he questioned her “state of mind” in response…
Local MP and deputy Nationals leader Steph Ryan has added the roads portfolio to her existing responsibilities as the Shadow Minister for water, public transport and liquor and gaming. Ms Ryan has vowed to use the role to continue the fight to increase spending and improve the quality of all Victorian roads. “I will continue…
The Victorian Labor Government’s unwillingness to support a western Victorian food manufacturer to expand its local operations has seen our state lose thousands of jobs to South Australia. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall is today celebrating his state securing a massive investment in food manufacturing with Horsham’s Australian Plant Proteins to set up a commercial…
Labor’s plans for a second injecting room on Melbourne’s iconic Degraves Street cafe strip has been categorically rejected by local traders, residents and now Melbourne’s Lord Mayor. The Andrews Labor Government secretly spent more than $40 million buying the old Yooralla building on Flinders Street at the same time as it pursued plans to open…
Treasurer Tim Pallas has finally apologised today for his disgraceful slur directed at a female Labor colleague and the Premier must now do the same. Amid a frenzied press conference announcing the Andrews Labor Government has been forced to withdraw its own legislation to impose a big new housing tax on Victorians, Treasurer Tim Pallas…
The Labor Government’s unwillingness to support Horsham-based food manufacturer Australian Plant Proteins to expand its local operations has seen thousands of local jobs lost to South Australia. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall is today celebrating his state securing a massive investment in food manufacturing, with APP to set up a commercial-scale pulse protein extraction facility…
The Andrews Labor Government has cut the capacity of the aerial firefighting aircraft based in Shepparton. Member for Euroa and Deputy Nationals leader Steph Ryan and The Nationals’ candidate for Nicholls Sam Birrell joined CFA volunteer Tom Brodie at Shepparton airport this morning to flag concerns about the changes. Ms Ryan said the government signed…
The Monaro Highway, a critical freight route in and out of East Gippsland, is the latest in the local roads network requiring urgent attention with local Nationals MP, Tim Bull, saying “just like many others, it is falling to bits”. This comes on the back of Roads and Road Safety Minister, Ben Carroll, spruiking in…
Member for Euroa Steph Ryan has invited the state’s Police Minister to visit Euroa to inspect the local police station. Speaking in Parliament this week, Ms Ryan said Euroa’s police station was no longer fit for purpose and needed to be rebuilt. “The building in Kirkland Avenue is small, old and inadequate for modern policing,”…