The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien has taken to State Parliament demanding answers from the Minister for Roads over roadworks bungles last year that have angered Gippsland motorists. Mr O’Brien said a number of projects last year including shoulder widening of key roads in the region resulted in poor quality outcomes and potholes…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is encouraging the Victorian Parliament to get behind regional manufacturing businesses as they struggle to get back on their feet after the ongoing implications of Covid-19. Mr McCurdy said, “in 2022, local manufacturing businesses not only face the struggle of finding and maintaining staff members but ensuring…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy hopes the Victorian Government’s newly announced $1.4 Billion Dollar Injection for Healthcare Omicron Response is enough to reduce ambulance delays across regional Victoria. Mr McCurdy said, “In early December last year, the National Party wrote to the Minister for Ambulance Services requesting steps to be taken immediately…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy backs the Livestock Management Amendment (Animal Activism) Bill 2021 and is calling for harsher penalties to be imposed against animal activists who trespass onto the private homes of our farmers and their families. In Parliament Mr McCurdy stated, “our farmers and their families across regional Victoria deserve…
The Andrews Government must come clean on the future of the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA), with funding set to run out in just five months’ time, The Nationals Member for Eastern Region Melina Bath says. In State Parliament today Ms Bath pushed the government to provide certainty about the LVA’s role, after AGL announced it…
Extreme animal activists will be free to illegally invade farmer’s river frontage lease land without consequence after Victorian Labor MPs teamed up with the Greens tonight to block crucial changes to farm trespass laws. The Victorian lower house voted on the Livestock Management Amendment (Animal Activism) Bill 2021 tonight, but Labor MPs voted against two key…
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says it is crucial that farmers are protected against illegal and traumatic farm trespass crime. Speaking from Parliament today, Mr O’Brien backed the Livestock Management Amendment (Animal Activism) Bill 2021 which will introduce new penalties for farm trespass but said it doesn’t go far enough. …
State-owned schools, health services and organisations have been directed to close accounts with smaller regional banks and transfer funds to Commonwealth, Westpac or NAB banks. The new Victorian Government purchasing contract requires large state-funded organisations to forgo accounts with smaller banking institutions in favour of one of the major players in the banking sector.…
The Andrews Labor Government must stop duck diving and deliver recreational shooters a full season in 2022 says The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath. Victoria hasn’t enjoyed a full duck season since 2018 with the season restricted to 64 days in 2019, 38 days in 2020 and a shocking 20 days in…
Farmers won’t be better protected against illegal and traumatic farm trespass crime unless amendments to on-the-spot fine laws are passed in the Victorian Parliament. Today, Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh will introduce amendments to the Livestock Management Amendment (Animal Activism) Bill 2021 to fix problems in the draft legislation that will see farmer’s river…
Proud community minded Elizabeth Fisher has been preselected as The Nationals candidate for Indi at the next federal election. A local with a lifetime of volunteering and a ‘can-do’ attitude, Elizabeth cares deeply about the region demonstrated by her willingness to pitch in and get things done. Nationals State President Neil Pankhurst said as a…
In a classic case of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted, Parks Minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, has today finally announced 30 new staff to help repair infrastructure damaged during the bushfires – two years ago! Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, who has been highly critical of the slow government response and calling…