Author Archives: The Nationals Victoria

Melina Bath MP – Labor cuts throw Gippsland children’s specialist dental care into chaos

The Carroll Labor Government has cut the specialist regional paediatric dental service by stealth, leaving Gippsland children facing uncertainty, longer waits and unnecessary travel for essential treatment. The Nationals’ Member…

Kim O’Keeffe MP – Nationals’ vow to protect Victoria’s prime agricultural land

The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has welcomed a landmark Private Member’s Bill in the Victorian Parliament this week, that seeks to protect the state’s most strategic agricultural…

Emma Kealy MP – Labor’s H5 plan protects tourism, overlooks Victoria’s threatened birds

The Carroll Labor Government’s H5 vaccination plan has prioritised tourism over wildlife and food production, focusing only on penguins at two tourist attractions. Today’s announcement that 5000 penguins will be…

Annabelle Cleeland MP – Cleeland invites Emergency Services Minister to see recovery failures firsthand

The Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has invited Victoria’s new Emergency Services Minister to visit the electorate and meet communities still living with the impacts of recent disasters. Ms…

Jade Benham MP – The Nationals move to protect Victoria’s agricultural land

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham MP, has joined The Nationals’ push to strengthen protections for Victoria’s most productive agricultural land through a new Bill introduced to the Victorian…

Emma Kealy MP – Vigilance vital as bird flu case detected in Hamilton

The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, is encouraging the community to be aware of the signs of H5 bird flu after a case was detected in Hamilton. The case…

Danny O’Brien MP – Labor pothole review is too little, too late

The Carroll Labor Government’s announcement of a review into the state’s pothole compensation scheme is a token gesture of a government desperately trying to avoid accountability. The announcement came after…

Emma Kealy MP – The Liberals and Nationals to introduce landmark bill protecting Victoria’s farmland

The Liberals and Nationals will this week introduce a private members bill in the Victorian Parliament to protect the state’s most strategic agricultural land from being permanently lost to poorly…

Emma Kealy MP – Labor cannot rewrite its history of mental health failure

Serious questions have been raised of the Carroll Labor Government after series of revelations that it is failing key aspects of Mental Health reform. Among the issues to come to…

Danny O’Brien MP – Pothole chaos on Princes Highway proves patch-up jobs don’t work

Dozens of drivers have been stranded on the Princes Highway near Bunyip today after potholes tore apart tyres and rims in yet another example of the Carroll Labor Government’s failure…

Gemma Rendell – New V/Line timetable delivers mixed outcomes

The changes to the V/Line timetable have produced mixed outcomes for East Gippsland, according to The Nationals’ candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell.   “Unfortunately, as had been rumoured, the…

Emma Kealy MP – Liberals and Nationals to ensure mental health funding addresses Royal Commission recommendations

A Liberal and Nationals Government will get Victoria’s mental health reforms back on track, despite the Carroll Labor Government’s decision to bundle the Mental Health portfolio with Health. Shadow Minister…